Villa Laowooden house Luang Prabang

... but decrease in price as more people join the trip. We were told that two others were joining us and we paid 20 pound each. On arrival at the office we were met by a lovely local guide called Lee and no other tourists?! Ok, we get our own private trip, wonderful.
We take a tuktuk to the launch pad an hour away and then get aboard our twin Kayak with both life jackets and helmets (abit overzealous with the safety me thinks, considering there are no rapids on this ...

... of the Tour du Lao, which had started in Vientiane a few days before. It was a bit away from the main tourist bit so we were the only non-locals to be seen. The race itself didn't seem to be that tight – only 3 cyclist went by in the space of 20mins – but it was nice to see the whole town out in their traditional outfits and waving flags. Han had a brief altercation with a police man when she stepped off the footpath to walk ...

... photos que je voulaismettre sur mon blog
il a eu une de ces pannes... j<ai donc tout perdu...et vous aussi ! Ca fait travailler le petit bouddha interieur, comme dit mon amoureux !
Je vous laisse sur une devinnette pour trouver comment j<ai decide demeubler ma journee de demain. Ce sera en hauteur. Il y aura du gris. Du bleu. Et beaucoup beaucoup de vert. A moins que je ne me trompe...
Gros bisous a tous le monde
et merci beaucoup pour vos ...

Hello

Woke up on my birthday to bright sunshine and quickly opened the cards that Pam had sneakily given to Mark before our departure from Perth! One card from Pam and Malc and one card from my babees, Choccie Biccie and Harvey Rabbit. Apparently there is a present as well but I have to wait until we get to England coz Mark couldn't be ***** to carry it around and posted it there from Malacca.

Had a very cruisy day for my ...

... a 300km journey that took all day, but it was beautiful (when i could stand having my eyes open). hahaha

Luang Prabang is another UNESCO World Heritage Site and it really inforces the rules to keep it quiet and cultural friendly. There are no big trucks or buses allowed in the downtown area and all bars and restaruants close at 11:30pm, by law. One of the main streets closes to traffic at night and turns ...

... street corner tables. I headed to bed early as I was developing a cold (it wasn't just a hangover I had on the minivan that made me feel like such **** after all!)

The next day I spent wandering around a bit. I was feeling pretty sick so I didn't see too much but did have a nice walk around town, stopping at a few temples here and there. I met up with my friends again in the evening for dinner and we went out for Laotian BBQ. It was quite fun-we had big plates of ...

... in a cage. But the hilltribe people tolerate it because they get a very very very small cut of what you pay to the tour guide. I don't really promote that nor would I ever do it. It would kill me. I would walk around apologizing for people the whole time.

But here was the chance to go with a friend of mine to go see people in the village that he knew. An integration into the culture. This is what I was ranting about in the note that I didn't post. And now I was proving ...

Flash bang and burn

Some of began the day at five to watch and participate in the alms giving to the monks.

Those of us who preferred sleep to religious observance were up at six for a 6:15 bus. Bus is actually a rather generous description mini van would be more appropriate. We loaded up and began the journey to Vang Vieng eagerly awaiting the legendary tubing down the Mekong. The trip took six hours and the scenery was stunning as the road wound through the ...

... u Á - Thái Bình Dương (Hà Nội của ta cũng lọt vào top 6/10). UNESCO đã đánh giá Luang Prabang là thành phố bảo tồn tốt nhất Đông Nam Á và công nhận là "Di sản Văn hóa Thế giới" vào năm 1995. Toàn tỉnh Luangprabang có 600.000 dân, nh ...

... to be there at seven PM sharp and, as we approached, we could see a line of smartly-dressed people waiting to enter the hall. The dress code was eclectic, ranging from men in shiny Chinese-made suits and women in graceful sins to others in plain shirts and the occasional shell suit - in this context something to be seen as modernist and progressive as well as respectable. Nunu and Nini, excited beyond all efforts to control them, wore brand-new matching denim dungarees and had their hair ...