Trekking from Muang Ngoi - Lao Lum, Khmu, and H'mong villages, transforming landscapes, spending a night in the 18th century and rejoicing at the thought of bathing in icy water...

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January 23rd 2013

Published: February 5th 2013

Our trek began with a boat ride south on the Nam Ou, adn a visit to Se Kong, a Lao Lum (a tribe of lowland Lao) village (in retrospect Meagan pointed out that this visit was probably because our local guide was late, but we didn't notice at the time...). We soon began trekking and the scenery was gorgeous, lush mountains one minute, then traversing dry rice paddies, strolling through animal fa... Read Full Entry

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Sadie & Øyvind

Sadieandoyvind

We are Sadie and Øyvind, she is 28 and Spanish-American (raised in Barcelona, American by passport) and he is 35 and Norwegian all the way. We are married and live in Oslo (moved here together in 2008) and we both work in film and TV, Øyvind is a photografer and Sadie is a director working as a koordinator/AD :) We are quitting our jobs, packing up and leaving for the trip of a lifetime together! Our plans are to be gone anywhere between 6 and 10 months, and we hope to get off the beaten track and maybe work/volunteer along the way in order to better get to know the countries we visit and t... full info

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Campfire

after another great day of trekking, we gathered around the fire while the dinner was being prepared for us

The fireplace next to our bed

Lao Lum girl

All hands on deck

everyone has their job, and they get to it early. This old woman was busy with the pigs when we got up around 5 in the morning

Our familiy

this is the family who took us in the second night of our trekking experience

I'll just stay here...

one of the villagers from Ban Tap caught up with us a few kilometers from our pick up. She probably thought we were really slow

Ban Tap

On our way home

Village in the mountains

well covered behind the trees, we saw another village when walking down from Ban Tap

Back in town

the kids in the village we arrived at didn't seem to happy to see us, but they only seemed to be putting on a face

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