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More Slow Boat
... up and dropping off the locals. They seem bigger and more civilised as we head deeper into Loas. Civilised feels like the wrong word, but I can't think of another to properly sum it up. There are quite a few 'Thai bride couples' on the slow boat, but not as stereotypically portrayed, with the Thai bride being of a more similar age, and not particularly good looking. And half the time they don't even seem to get on. It's like the marriages you see where the ...
Lovely lovely Luang Prabang
... him when to use the word 'excrement' and 'sh#t' appropriately. (I did not instigate this and would never have come up had a lizard on the ceiling not ******* onto my head.... - JM) * Teaching him some specific English sayings like 'it's raining cats and dogs'. (A must for any Lao person learning the English language). (This was a useful example of non-literal sayings -JM) * Explaining what Christmas is all about (the Lao boy had never heard of it) and worrying about ...
Day 26-27-28 12,13,14th Nov- Laos/Cambodia
... which cost $20 each, this took no time at all. So our bags in hand we left the airport all excited and ready for more adventures in a new country. Here we decided to get a tuk tuk to the main area, our driver told us he would take us to many places for us to choose. Wow what a refreshing journey, we loved it, it is so much fun just sitting, looking and absorbing all the wonderful sites and smells.
We eventually ...
A trip along the Mekong River by boat
... boat, and I knew this meant trouble. Some of the boats that had left after us had since passed us, and then, as expected, the driver pulled the boat over to the shore to work on it. Finally, he got the boat working to his liking, we rejoined the other boats on the river, though he continued to monitor that one side, which didn't make me feel confident that we'd reach our destination, or complete it in half a ...
Eine Bootsfahrt, die ist lustig
... Nachmittag dann doch ein wenig, obwohl wir einigen Spaß daran hatten, Vermutungen über die homosexuellen Neigungen der beiden vor uns sitzenden Stuttgarter Abiturienten anzustellen, die eng aneinandergekuschelt schliefen. Nachdem am Ufer wenig darauf schließen ließ, noch an diesem Tag einen größeren Ort, wie es Luang Prabang laut Karte sein sollte, zu erreichen, tauchten gegen 17 Uhr doch tatsächlich ein paar Häuser (keine Strohhütten) auf, die sich aber gut zwischen den Bäumen ...