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October 1st 2008

Published: October 1st 2008

Bangkok - Pakse - Don Khong - Don Khon - Pakse - Attapeu As I retrieved Vik’s rucksack from an overly confident tuk-tuk drivers vehicle I banged my head on a typically well positioned and unfeasibly rusty Laos road sign. There was an audible “oooo” from the group of drivers who surrounded us. “Happens to me all the time; that was nothing - in Scotland we put barbs on the signs so you r... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Vik

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Years of staring at maps, debating routes, saving money and boring anyone in earshot with constantly changing plans finally culminated in our D-Day. 28th August 2006. The day that Vik and Bob went global. Having made it to New Zealand without taking a single flight, we reached the conclusion that neither our finances nor our sea legs could stomach another container ship journey so we've cheated and taken a flight from New Zealand to Bangkok. From Bangkok we hope to stick with the overland theme and take a route home through Southern Asia: China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey... U... full info

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Tour Boats, Bangkok

Street Market, Bangkok

Sometimes the street markets consume the whole street with no light penetrating the awnings and umbrellas of the stalls. Not really open-air markets as such.

First Beer in Laos, Pakse

The riverfront in Laos is home to the places where the locals eat and drink. Beer Laos is actually a pretty good tipple and is served in enormous bottles - hence the big cheesy grin.

Central Market, Pakse

Check out the little Motorbikes with side car things in the foreground. We went on one of those to get to Pakse bus station.Both of us and our luggage were piled into one of them. The driver was a grumpy sod (a rarity in Laos) and wouldn't take us the whole way as he thought his bike would break. Clearly he'd been a little over ambitious when he stopped to offer us a lift.

A litre of your finest unleaded please

BP has yet to infiltrate...

Trusted to bathe alone

Water buffalo minus minder, a rare sight.

Only the freshest fruit is served

The fruit salads can take a while to come...

The only train in Laos

To continue our theme of catching a train in every country (which I just realised we have failed on as we were in NZ for so long that we forgot to do it before we left). The French built a railway line from one end of Don Khon to Don Det which seemed very odd given that they are very small islands until we read that it was to transport cargo which had come by boat and could go no further because of a rather large waterfall which Don Khon is at the bottom of and Don Det is at the top of. Awhawheehaw.

Paying to take a bike for a walk

The roads were so bad that we spent more time pushing the bikes than on them. That and the fact that the chain completely broke on one of them. And then Vik got bitten by something big and bug like and scarey. But it was still a good day. Honest.

Rice Paddy Photo No 237

Don Khon shows that there can be blue sky even in the rainy season.

Fish for tea tonight?

There seem to be a very large variety of fishing methods in Laos. Last time we were here in the north it was all nets and hitting them with sticks.

Palm trees and boats at sunset

Contemplating animal ownership issues

We are getting rid of the couch and installing hammocks when we get home.

Roadside service station

There were actually about 10 different people all selling something different which would have made a much better picture but by the time Vik got the camera out most of them had got bored/sleepy/gone to chat to their friends and wandered off.

4th October 2008

Nat
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Excellent!
Excellent photos! Very nicely capturing the heart of SE Asia. Love it!! Nat http://wassupnat.blogspot.com

7th October 2008

CatBrook
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Perfect
I loved this blog as much as I love laos...which is an awful lot:)

7th October 2008

Po
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Flowery offering thing
Pointyhatfoldednapkin holder for busy wizards with part-time waiting workie thing...

10th March 2011

Lott
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Greeeat Pic.
It has been a long time since my families left Laos. I love your pictures. It brought back a lot of wonderful memories of my childhood. I hope one day to visit again.

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