Listening to rice grow

Asia » Laos
May 21st 2010

Published: June 16th 2010

"The Vietnamese plant the rice, the Cambodians watch it grow, and the Loas listen to it grow." French colonialists. For me, this is the beauty of Laos. Stepping off the boat in Don Det, one of the "4000 islands" in the Mekong river, I was struck: no locals pushing and shouting for me to come to their bungalow. It was as if I had to walk around and decide for myself!!! It was great. I strolled ar... Read Full Entry

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David Cumming

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Welcome friends and family to the start of my adventures in the world... I'm hoping this travel blog will serve as a good reminder for me in years to come of my adventures. In the interim I hope it keeps my friends and family abreast of what I am doing - in the hopes that you may come and join me for a bit. I'm still planning on no plan, however my interests include: climbing Kilimanjaro, hiking with gorillas in Uganda, Kota Kinabalu, central America... marathons, catching up with friends, okavango delta... soooo much really.... full info

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Rockclimbing

Alms eeremony where monks collect food

... with sunset views, fan and double bed, this $2.5 a night place overlooking the mekong was AMAZING.

Women waiting for monks

I stayed in a little village, during this ceremony they spent quite a while giving gifts to the monks who seemed totally indifferent to it - which I think is part of being a monk

Monks

Good day walking through Sie Pan National Park. There are a few registered guides in the village and they take turns to share the money evenly. They just take the day off from their regular jobs.

Bear in hammock

Papaya salad

Quite heartbreaking display of landmines dropped by the US for 9 years on Loas which still today climb lives and limbs as villages uncover the mines

2 days cruising down the mekong

COPE are helping to give people in Loas mobility through locally developed prosethics and rehabilitation. A great cause.

The slow boat on the mekong

This guy had a skinny asian girlfriend and is a common sight in Asia. He was a standout champion with the tats though

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