Don Khong – island bliss, boat trips, cycling and New Year's Eve celebration, local-style!

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January 2nd 2013

Published: January 9th 2013

From our first morning in Don Khong, eating breakfast while overlooking the Mekhong, the island's mellow vibe won us over. A tropical island in the true sense of the word, complete with palm trees, canoe-like ferries and the extreme languidity was almost visibly dripping from the local's every movement; we were not disappointed we had chosen this island over Don Det (even though getting th... 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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Stay in line

Its good to see that also the birds on Don Khong are very relaxed

Ferry crossing

There are a vast number of boats on the island, and pretty much anythng wider then 50 cm can be used as a ferry.

Waterhole

This waterbuffalo have found a small oasis on the middle of Don Khong, but it must share with some birds

Useful tourist

we were very happy to see that some tourist can be used for something good - like keeping the boat afloat

Parking well done

Waterfalls

Even in the dry season, the Sophamit waterfalls looks pretty impressive, just imagine what they would look like in the wet season

Big Buddah

This was a very big statue, but the small blue umbrella at the bottom, is the same size as an average cafe table umbrella...

Small monk

This young monk came out of nowhere carrying a box of food. We didn't see anyone else in the area, but we think there might have been some monks spying on us as we where walking around

Getting ready for tonights fishing

Happy in the boat

Pretty much everywere we went, we had smiling faces turning towards us

Time for a bath

The river is still used for everything, laundry, dishwashing, drinking, bathing. Everyone gets in, with or without swimwear

Happy kids

Net fishing 2

it was fantastic to see how good they were at throwing the nets out, even when standing at the very tip of a very narrow boat

Last fisherman on the river

New years party 1

The locals at Don Khong grabed us and adopted us and keept us with drinks all night

New Years party 3

It was quite a crowd gatherd at the school, and we did our best to blend in

The Roadie

this yellow kid was making sure all the band members had enough to drink during their performances... and every now and then he poured a bit of beer on his bisquit to

The view from the buddah

overlooking the Mekong

From below

If you can see the motorcycle in the left corner, you get an idea of the size of this Buddah

Internet trouble? This way for service

Laundry

9th January 2013

Anastasia78
Anastasia78

You did it again!
Another gorgeous photo! It looks too good to be true. Good job!

10th January 2013

Sadieandoyvind
Sadie & Øyvind

Again - thank you
It really is all about being at the right place at the right time. I just try to make the best out of it whenever

10th January 2013

Bedini (and your mom)
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Some of the pictures can't be viewed
Hello Sadie and Øyvind! Here we are in our English class talking about your amazing experience and looking at the great photos. Who is the artist? I feel really jealous when I see hom many wonderful places and experiences are you living. Today some of the photos can't be viewed (22 i.e.), maybe something is wrong with the uploading process. On the other hand, I have a problem with your mom. I'm trying to convince her to meet you somewhere in Southasia, but she always find a lot of excuses (vaccines, i.e. can you imagine?). This is a once in a lifetime experience and she must do it!! She use to be a hippy, and look know she has become a bourgeois... Anyway, I will continue to work on that... We don't know the next steps in your trip, so I would like to suggest you to spend some days in South India (Tamil Nadu and Kerala regions). I have been there with my daughters last summer and we had one of the most amazing trips we ever had. Moreover, Kerala was once the favourite sanctuary for the hippies (I'm not joking :) :)) Best regards!! JL & the former hippy

24th January 2013

Sadieandoyvind
Sadie & Øyvind

hmm strange
Thanks for the comment, we have split the work so Sadie is doing the writing and Øyvind is taking the pictures, but of course there are a bit of a mix both ways. When it comes to the hippie-ness I (Øyvind) wont comment much on that, we're just enjoying everything we can and if someone came to meet us it would be fun, If we could know excactly where we would be at what point in time - but everything is possible. When it comes to the pictures that cant be seen, its a bit strange. We have checked it on different computers and it's all showing here. Maybe its the cache on the computer you are using that's the problem? All the best Ø

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