The Start of our Journey through Laos

Asia » Laos
December 19th 2008

Published: January 3rd 2009

We wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It truly is not the same being away, but it is special in its own way. We are lucky to have each other and the company of a friend we met in Hanoi 2 months ago, Winnie (from the Netherlands). We had a great Christmas dinner at a bar in Luang Prabang called Lao Lao Gardens, definitely not a traditional Christmas Dinner, but we can at least ... Read Full Entry

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Karen Tribe Children

They love you taking pictures and then looking at them on the camera.

Canadian Stickers

The kids had them all over themselves...it was such a perfect thing to give the kids since there were so many of them.

Dinner after our Ceremony

Rice Wine at the Medicine Man's Celebration

Trevor's knife dance

Yes, everyone had quite a bit of rice whiskey and rice wine.

Making Sticky Rice

Quite the process let me tell you.

Children enjoying Trev's IPod

Rice pounding

This is the process to get the rice out of the husk. They do this every day! The husk is then used for chicken feed and the rice to make sticky rice.

The Local School

Students for the day

Big brother looking after his little brother

Play time

Yes, that is a knife...

MMMMmmmmmoooooo

Beautiful Luang Prabang Province

Digging for gold...

Seriously. We saw many families in heat working hard all day to get a couple flakes of gold. It is crazy to think about the amount of effort that goes into the smallest amount

Scenery along our trek...beautiful!

Good ol' bamboo ladder

Beautiful Luang Prabang Province

Crazyiest spider web ever!

These were everywhere and the spider would just hide in the middle of the funnel.

Enjoying the beauty!

Just a quick stop to take in the beauty of the countryside during our trek. It was very lush, and full of flowers.

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