Villa Kiengkham
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Culture & cookery - call me Lauren the local
... were unsure whether these things were actually food). Then it was back to the restaurant to test our skills - chopping first during which we were given the opportunity to try our hand at making a flower out of cucumber and tomato (see photo). Following this (now Linda knew we could be trusted with kitchen tools) we were taken into the kitchen to begin our culinary adventure. This included making stuffed lemongrass and bamboo, coconut chicken curry, fresh ...
Meandering down the Mighty Mekong
... and very peaceful. After a typical Lao dinner (No wine tonight though at US$ 40 per bottle!) with all the ladies (John's Harem!), the local children built up a bonfire and sang and danced for us. They were all so happy and genuinely loved to sing and entertain us. The bamboo dance was brilliant – they have to jump in and out of the bamboo poles in sequence - until John decided to get up and have a go (of course!). I’m ...
Trekking, Waterfalls & Leeches
Was up early thus morning ready to head out on our 15 km trek to the Kuang Si Waterfalls. We grabbed a quick breakfast at a bakery before taking a songthaew to a local Mong village. After meeting our local guide we started our trek through the jungle. The scenery was amazing. After walking for 3 hours we stopped for a drink and discovered that there were leeches crawling all over our shoes. On further inspection I discovered that one had bitten me ...
Laos
... the town or village come out and bring food to give to the monks. We watched it one early morning. People line up the streets and kneel on mats to make themselves lower than the monks and show them respect. As the monks pass, the residents place in each monk’s alms basket rice, fruit and/or packaged goods. Monks only take what they need. We saw many monks who would take something and give back to the same family. Monks are taught never ...
Landscapes in Laos
... we went to see the Kung Si waterfall. A couple of us started walking to climb up to the top, and the further we got, the steeper and less like a path the way up became, until eventually we were just climbing up rocks and tree roots. And after the long gruelling climb in the heat, and nearly giving up several times, the view down from the top of the waterfall was the biggest anti-climax ever, as the waterfall was tiered so we could only see down the first ...
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