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February 10th 2008
Sunrise over the MekongSunrise over the Mekong
Sunrise over the Mekong
Magnificant !!!
After CM we drove to Chiang Khong in order to cross the border into Laos. CK is a small town with not much there but we found a nice place to eat and a hippie bar. The hotel overlooked the Mekong river and had fab sunrise views at 5.30am. It was soon time to pile into some Tuk Tuks and clear Thai immigration to cross the Mekong to Laos soil and join our boat crew for a 2 day journey down the Mekong. Clearing Laos immigration was pretty quick and then we changed some Thai Bahts into Laos Kip ( 20,000 kip to 1 dollar so you get lots of notes!!). The scenary along the Mekong was superb and we stopped off at Pak Beng for the night which is a nice sleepy town. On the 2nd day we stopped off at a few villages which was a great experience seeing how the locals live. In one village you can buy this whisky with a dead snake or scorpion in so I purchased a bottle for a few dollars ( haven't drunk it yet though!!).
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Guesthouse Guesthouse
Guesthouse
Great views of the Mekong
Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk
Tuk Tuk
Bundle !!!
Crossing the border Crossing the border
Crossing the border
Crossing the border part 2 Crossing the border part 2
Crossing the border part 2
Nearly on Laos soil Nearly on Laos soil
Nearly on Laos soil
Nearly on Laos soil part 2 Nearly on Laos soil part 2
Nearly on Laos soil part 2
Alfie meets some friends Alfie meets some friends
Alfie meets some friends
My travel mascot Alfie Doughty makes some friends on the Mekong and has a Beer Laos
First Beer Laos First Beer Laos
First Beer Laos
The best beer in Indo China and SEA
The boat The boat
The boat
View from the boat View from the boat
View from the boat
Banks of the MekongBanks of the Mekong
Banks of the Mekong






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Frog princess
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Date: 28th February 2008


Alfie Doughty looks like the real thing! Getting down and dirty with a toy

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