Blogs from Champasak, South, Laos, Asia - page 3

We were joined on our two hour boat road by a French couple and we sailed along the Mekong in the little boat to Champasak. It was lovely to see the small villages by the river, which are totally different to the north and see the hundreds of fisherman who were at their office for the day, looked like very hot hard work to me! We arrived at the jetty (A bamboo raft with a chair on) in Champasak and could quickly see it was a pretty tiny place, the reason we had stopped there was to go and see Wat Phu; What is considered to be Laos’s most interesting and important site as it the ruins date back to the 9th and 12th centuries and shows the beginnings of the Khmers as it is dated ... read more

Kun elaman tahti Laosissa ylipaataan on verkkaisempaa kuin lansimaissa, niin etelassa se hidastuu entisestaan. Ravintolaan kannattaa menna ennen kuin nalka on kova, koska ruokaa voi joutua odottelemaan toista tuntia. Vaan eipa siina lammossa todellakaan tee mieli juosta meikalaisenkaan. Polkupyoraily on sen sijaan ihan harrastettava urheilulaji, ja niinpa pyorailtiinkin viikon sisaan enemman kuin muun reissun aikana yhteensa. Paksesta paahdettiin paikallisbussilla ja livuttiin lautalla Champasakiin, joka on kuuluisa suuresta ja valtavan vanhasta temppelipalapelista (temppelin eri osat rakennettu eri vuosisadoilla). Koska se temppeli ei sijainnut keskella kylaa, vaan 10 km paassa vuoren rinteella me vuokrattiin pyorat. Herattiin hurjan aikaisin nuudelikeitolle ja lahdettiin viela "viilean" aikaan polkemaan (polvet suussa, koska satuloita ei kertakaikkiaan saa riittavan korkealle taalla... read more

Pictures from the Unesco World Heritage Site near Champasak... ... read more

Itak, spet vstajanje ob pol sedmih. Z otocka sva se skidala ob pol osmih, cez v Champasak so naju prepeljali za 30k. Sama, ker sta Irec in Anglez (predvsem ta prvi) vceraj pregloboko pogledala v kozarek z laolaotom in sta sele vstajala, ko sva midva ze basala nahrbtnike na ramo. Pac nista bila usklajena z najinim bioritmom. Kar takoj za se zasidrala v enem GH (ki se je kasneje izkazal menda za najboljsega, cegre verjeti LP) v Champasaku za 30k, kar tam, kjer smo pristali in se po stengcah povzpeli na vrh klifa. Sposodila sva si bicikel za 10k za cel dan in da ne bi izgubljala casa, kar takoj odpedalirala do Wat Phu Champasaka, ki naj bi bil laoski Angkor Wat. Zadeva je 10km izven Champasaka, in ceprav je bila ura sele 8 zjutraj in ... read more

Thursday 22nd Time to leave Don Khone. We packed our bags and because of the late 11am departure had time to relax in our hammocks most of the morning. We noticed two little girls playing beside our bungalow and realised that they were going through the rubbish bag we'd left out, in case there was something of interest. They'd kept a colour brochure on Cambodia and left the rest of the rubbish strewn over the garden so I had to go out and repackage it. They were a very cute and happy little couple of girls. We know we shouldn't (because it encourages begging) but we couldn't resist giving them our last couple of sweets. At 11am the small open boat (more like a big canoe) collected us and our bags and we headed low in ... read more