Luang Prabang - hunting for coffee, avoiding the alms circus, and learning to drive an elephant...

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January 9th 2013

Published: January 24th 2013

The trip from Vientiane was a long bus ride up route 13, the trip taking a total of about 12 hours. We had read so many reviews about the road being treacherous at best, so windy and in bad condition that boarding the bus was like flipping a coin on whether or not we would live to see another day. We had also read that the scenery for the second two thirds of the trip was some of the most beautifu... Read Full Entry

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Sadie & Øyvind

Sadieandoyvind

We are Sadie and Øyvind, she is 28 and Spanish-American (raised in Barcelona, American by passport) and he is 35 and Norwegian all the way. We are married and live in Oslo (moved here together in 2008) and we both work in film and TV, Øyvind is a photografer and Sadie is a director working as a koordinator/AD :) We are quitting our jobs, packing up and leaving for the trip of a lifetime together! Our plans are to be gone anywhere between 6 and 10 months, and we hope to get off the beaten track and maybe work/volunteer along the way in order to better get to know the countries we visit and t... full info

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Fill her up

as all ready mentioned, if you have two wheels or more, make sure you fill them up. Here on the way to the night market

Monks on route

on their way to the monestary?

A sad circus

many tourists with no connection with buddhism and hardly any knowledge of the religion. They are dressed up by hotels along the monks route and pretend they know whats going on

On top of the world

The fresh mahouts celebrate their first bath with their elephants - kinnda like when a kid is taking its first steps - we think

Early morning

even for the Lao people, its early to start the day at 4 am in the morning market

mahout no 1

Sadie is taking control over her elephant for the first time

Mahout no 2

and shortly after Øyvind is following

On the beach

after a quick warm up whe headed straight to the river - and do notice, with no experienced mahout with us riding the elephant

Øyvinds turn

No kidding!?

Seems like someone cracked a joke, the question is, who?

a quick shower

Sadie made sure her elephant showered - everyone

The captain

This guy was truly the keeper of his own house/boat

Done for the season

Over the hills

On the way to Luang Prabang we most definetly did get to see some fantastic views

Laos Mountains

we just wish we had time to stop and take out the big camera, but some times the phone camera must do the job

Everyday business

it is a very strange experience to drive through the world heritage villages in Laos along route 13, when the main road goes straight through the center of the world heritage area. At least people don't seem to care much

Laos Heirtage housing

Get ready!

... to see the tourists?

24th January 2013

mom
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great writing! "crunching locomotive"...loved it!
and some of those shots Øyvind, are in a class by themselves!

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