Adounsiri Guest House Luang Namtha

... villages in the surrounding area. The first day was extremely hot. It was very strange to be walking through all this jungle in China we had hardly seen any. It was also weird because it felt like we were back in Monteverde. Walker and I were spotting plants that we recognized from around our house. The only difference between the two places is that Lao was hot! <br> After about two hours of uphill we stopped to eat lunch. In my ...

... road was blocked by a truck stuck in the mud. After an hour of careful thinking, sitting and staring at the truck, the locals decided to see if they could move it by pushing it! We were soon on our way again. Life moves at a very different pace in Laos - at least 30 minutes thinking and sitting time must be allocated to any task.<br><br>After a morning organising tours and treks for our next three days we again hired motorbikes to explore the ...

... which was class. Next morning it was on a bus for a 6 hour trip to Luang Prahang (Another world heritage site!). The scenery on the drive was amazing just mountain after mountain. The following day we took a tuk tuk to Tard Se Waterfalls. Had to get a wee long boat down river to the falls which wa cool and the falls were just out of this world. A series of cascades into clear pools and just what the Doctor ordered for the weary, sweaty bones ...

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... pour prendre un bateau lent sui voguera sur le Mekong jusqu&lt;a la belle Luang Prabang.<br><br>Je vous donne des nouvelles plus tard ... et je tente une fois deplus de mettre des photos pour accompagner les message d&lt;avant (depuis bangkok) !<br><br>Gros bisous<br>xxx<br><br>Messages en vrac: <br>Felicitations a marie-t pour sa nouvelle maison... et merci bcp pour tes gentils messages. Boujours aux amis du bureau, Me voila a nouveau voisine de Linda et Claire, si ...

... 18 -20 years old. She had bleached strands of her hair and painted her nails with a French manicure green and yellow (it looked more like a big mess if you ask me though). She moved over from sitting in between both seats but would not move her bag onto the floor. So, me, this girl, and her two bags shared this rainy journey. <br><br>When I was sitting against the window I could not see the front of the bus. I think this was my ...

... and went looking for traditional ethnic villages, whilst coming down a particularly nasty dirt road we fell off the bike and cut ourselves up, I was the one driving at the time so I take full responsibility for that one. We did find some rural villages, all the houses had satellites dishes and many of the kids had football shirts on... <br><br>Laos was a much needed change from Thailand, a change for the better.

... Our guide was (bizarrely) given a kitten to take back into town for his family, which we duly christened "Meow Meow" because apparently that's what this tribe calls a 'cat' in their language. I hate to think what they call a toilet. <br><br>Breakfast was an average omelette &amp; the omnipresent pumpkin, and off we set... <br><br>Today's walk was clearly going to be an absolute ...

... br>It also rained most of the night, so we knew that we would have our work cut out on the trek because 2 x 8hr treks on steep terain are bad enough in good conditions, let alone during a slippery mud-fest! <br><br>Yesterday we decided to do one of the very eco-friendly treks organised in association with UNESCO, responsible little tree ...

... sounding currency I've ever heard, even if it's a bit Napoleon Dynamite... <br><br>Our USD 400 (GBP 200) gave us roughly 3,600,000 Kip! This time next year Rodders, we'll be millionaires!<br><br>The pile of notes we received for our dollars is (no word of a lie) over an INCH thick! It just about fits in our TWO money belts! <br><br>1 GBP = 2 USD = 18,000 Kip ...