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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Rice fields

Even though this is the dry season, some rice fields are kept very lush and green

something for everyone

Afternoon work

the kids tend to have more then wnough to do, school most of the day and then work in the fields in the afternoon

Magic forrest

Licence and registration please...

Most vehicles on the island have no registration plates, they carry way to much and quite a few are driven by someone who does not seem to be old enough, but no worries - it goes along at a slow pace

a Don Khong Wat

on our trip around the island we found this wat. It was all open and nobody there, so we went in and had a look around

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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