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August 7th 2007

Published: August 7th 2007

Hello all, In the past few weeks the great forces have conspired for a total lack of updates on my part as: 1. I was Up North where in some places there was no internet 2. I did a trek into remote villages, where there was no water or electricity (so let alone the net..) 3. This website had a few technical probs and deleted some of the stuff I tried to post (but fortunately only a small part whic... Read Full Entry

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Sleeping among the Hmongs

We slept on mats on the floor, on mosquito nets, just like the locals.

Among the Hmongs

Our house for the night (underneath is a weaving workshop)

Diner back in LP

To celebrate that we made it

Big Drinking at the Lao disco

So when we saw Big Drinking on the menu, we could not resist..

Big Drinking 2

But this is what we got!!

Big Drinking 3

So then decided to order something more appropriate

Night home

Picture on the tuktuk, a piece of everyone's face was captured on camera..

Naga

Me in front of a Naga (sort of sacred snake) staircase

Wat Xieng Thong

Some detail from my favorite temple so far, the Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang..

Wat Xieng Thong 2

Wat Xieng Thong 3

Wat Xieng Thong 4

Does my bum look big in this?

I bought a skirt but had no mirror so was trying to get a picture of me in it, not easy!!

Zebra Woman

The nice thing with wearing bachpacker sandals + getting a sun burn is that you can achieve a tasty layering of colours on your legs

Plain of Jars

At the mysterious plain of jars

Plain of Jars 2

Picture of me striking an artistic pose and thinking "I wonder, what lies in the mystery of the Plain of Jars, what were they for?"

Plain of Jars finger

I think I know what they were for now

UXOs

The bus ride from hell

The people in the middle are sitting on plastic stools with no back support. And there is Lao Pop blaring in the speakers, non stop for the next 10 hours..

7th August 2007

nadejda
non-member comment

interesting!
Wow! Intersting to read. Just go on, Looking forward for reding more!

8th August 2007

ElisabethV
Elisabeth

Thank you :)
I have added some more photos now to make it all come to life..

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