anyone driving motobike in laos before ? im planning to cross into laos on a chinese bike, any tricks and tips on the border?

have heard about gt-rider maps as a good choice, but not sure if/where i could find it in kunming.

thanks
dan

What a great plan!I think you can go to XinHua book store in NanPing Street.There are all kinds of maps.

Good luck

gt-rider maps are available in chiang mai (i think the guy lives there).

xinhua is usually crap for overseas maps, but there is one chinese publishing house that does laos maps (in chinese) that are stocked by some xinhua stores.

there aren't really that many roads in laos, so it's not so much of an issue to use general maps (either purchased in laos or something online).

the road south-west from the border through luang namtha is new and in really good condition, but i think the most interesting area might be phongsali (north-east corner)

have fun and good luck!