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Screenshot 2016-12-14 15.06.57 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrEarly start as the objective was to locate the Howitzer at the Lima 36 site which had evaded me in the past, the trail is as rutted as ever and although it gets lot's of traffic, infact there used to be a tourist sign for the place the trail up never appears to gets fully graded.
More detailed information of the history of Lima 36 here.
http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/Military/LS36Alamo.html
PB250687 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrThe rising sun didn't help picking a good line either.
PB250690 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrSome sections still a bit slick with the morning dew.
PB250692 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrSome of the steep sections even the locals choose to dismount.
PB250693 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrNot the most enjoyable ride as you have to keep you wits about you.
PB250694 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrSoon at Na Khang village, first stop the old bullet ridden fuel drum's.
20161125_084707 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_084716 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrHard to imagine now what a hive of activity this place once was,
20161125_084730 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrSome pictures from Talking Proud.
ls36bwaerial by Bob Kelly, on FlickrThis of the Tacan site, i doubt any signs of this still remain in the surrounding jungle.
ls36tacan1968-2 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrRemnants of the runway grading machines for the old dirt strip.
20161125_085336 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_085349 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_085417 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_085438 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrWe decided to park up, i had a rough location of the gun so we marched off going round in circles but still no gun. Not to be outdone we spotted some local farmers and one of them agreed to take us to it. Little did we know we had been 15 metres away from the damn thing.
20161125_093222 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrNot sure somebody decided to shove a shell in here.
20161125_093227 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_093304 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrWaypointed we set off to Na Khang village to explore.
PB250714 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrMost of the tin drum roof's have now been replaced but still many to see.
PB250715 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrLooking through the village every corner has some kind of war scrap.
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PB250717 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrOld army decking.
PB250725 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
PB250726 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrLadies weaving, not sure what hill tribe they are from but the ladies have the longest hair i have ever seen.
PB250728 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
PB250729 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrWar remnants every place, here cluster bomb casings.
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PB250733 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
PB250735 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrI think the little girl was happy to be given this toy.
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PB250739 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrHuge bomb's give you some idea how much ordinance must still be around.
20161125_101606 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_101810 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrOld ladies haggling over some cloth sale.
20161125_101848 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
1480222503733 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrMore casings.
PB250743 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrA visit to local school to hand out some books had the kids running scared of the farang.
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PB250722 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrIt was time to head back and call into Tamla village, sun behind us made it easy going.
PB250744 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
PB250745 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrThe trail to the village is great fun.
PB250746 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrSadly we got as far as Tamla medical centre and the local police came out and turned us around, only 3 km from the village they simply would not let us pass saying their was nothing for us to see and we should go back…
Stopped by the new Tamla school all the kid's shy of the camera.
PB250751 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
PB250752 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
PB250753 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrBack onto the main trail des was wishing it would end.
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PB250757 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
PB250758 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrStop off for the kid's.
1481522372222 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrNow heading north spotted this in the stream i guess it's good luck.
PB250759 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrWe checked into the recommended GH in Houay Muay, only to find later a new Gh around the corner was a little palace.
PB260760 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrInstead we got this.
20161125_152057 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
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20161125_210053 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrTime to explore.
Screenshot 2016-12-17 12.18.16 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_152301 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrThe old wat.
20161125_152654 by Bob Kelly, on Flickr
20161125_152607 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrWeir came to a dead end.
20161125_160040 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrNew resort or something on the hill.
20161125_160758 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrThe main restaurant area in town.
20161125_164052 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrRelaxing with a few beer's.
1481522362155 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrThe only place with food was a Vietnamese place.
20161125_182925 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrLassie on the menu.
20161125_185000 by Bob Kelly, on FlickrThe night ended watching construction traffic thundering past all night long outside the GH.
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