Villa Phathana Luang Prabang

... all in all we were set for a rather soul destroying trip into the mountains.
To save you a rather depressingly long story about howbad it was, when you tell outher back in NZ, just summarise that it sucks, and reccommend that they dont try and be a hero by doing it via bus (you can fly).
Arriving at 12:10 in the morning, the first thing that e realised is that there is aparently a midnight curfew for foreigners (ooops...) and also, that the chances of finding somewhere open to stay ...

... later we realized that it was car paint and the stuff doesnt really come off!!! We also had some crazy mud fights which got very gross!!!

We were really lucky with the weather as the few days before we got there it was apparently quite chilly!! We had perfect sunshine and we just had lots of fun jumping in the river and drinking yet more buckets!!! Met a few nice boys there too, which made the trip more exciting! Lol!!

We spent 3 days tubing and decided to leave ...

... and then a dirt road to a small waterfall. Three young Laosian girls were playing in the water in long sarongs and two boys were bathing in the water. Nearby, a group of young men had convened with their motorbikes and a truck tire-deep in the water. They were using the river as a car wash. After wading into the pool of the waterfall for a bit, we hopped back on our bikes and made our way back. Now that I wasn't busy thinking about how much longer we had until we reached the waterfall and ...

... t, this bo*t did not serve b*guettes, something I h*d been relying on *s I h*d not brought *ny food. I h*d to m*ke do with sever*l p*ckets of crisps inste*d. I m*n*ged to p*ss the l*st few hours of the journey by writing my blog, *s Sus*n kindly lent me her l*ptop. All in *ll, the second d*y in no w*y comp*red to the fun of the first, *nd w*s * cretinous voy*ge indeed!

Mercifully we *rrived in Lu*ng Pr*b*ng *t 4.30pm *fter seven hours. We m*rched up ...

... l'apres midi nous raffraichir aux cascades voisines............
je ne vous en dis pas plus, attendez de voir les photos

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We finally got here, after those last few days spent on public transport, it's good to rest a bit.
Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep emma_et_anthony

... and I was attracted to this bar for its two for one cocktail offer and free boat across the river to the bar. We set off for sunset drinks and realized that once across the river you had to walk up the mud path through the farmers fields to get to the bar (good thing I didn't' wear heels). We were pleasantly greeted by a lovely garden bar with private pillow covered bamboo platforms overlooking the river. We ordered our drinks and waited. A barman returned to ...

... et a toutes les personnes) qui se presente devant eux. Ils sont d<un calme desarmant. Au tout debut, a mon arrivee, cette attitude m<a un peu destabilise puisque, je m<etais habituee, en Thailande, a des gens qui viennent toujours au devant pour vous aider ou vous jaser (ou vous vendre des tas de trucs !). Ici, a part de la rue principale, rien de tout cela n<arrive.

Mais apres quelquesjours de ce vivre-et-laisser-vivre et de y-a-rien-qui-merite-de-se ...

... 1512;ק במטרה אחת להגיע למקום בטוח.
ה ;תיק של סב, הפתיע לטובה וצף משום מה. כנראה שנותר 93; בו עוד ...