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Ring around the sun
This was the craziest thing ever. THere was big rainbow ring around the sun!!The island is beautiful. A little blurb from Lonely Planet - This beguilling archipelago of islets and palm studded sandbars is the sapphire near the end of the Mekong's 4350km necklace, when the 'mother of all rivers' is at her widest. It is best to visit these tropical islands in the dry season, when the water iridences from teal blue to turquoise.
Its so quiet here besides the bars music that plays till 10pm. Most people ride peddle bikes to get to and from. The island is only 5 km in diameter. This morning Tristan slept in and then we went for breakfast at the only place that has free wifi. George and Lauren were surprised that we weren't up already as we are normally the first people out of bed. Candice was really sick today so her and Duncan stayed at the bungalow. Tris and I rented peddle bikes with Zara and Simon and headed over to Don Kong, a smaller island. We knew before hand that there is a bridge toll of 20,000 kip per person (2.50$ just to cross a friggen bridge is ridiculous) but Laur and George didn't get stopped when they went across a few
House on the island
Its funny really. Some houses are pretty nice like this one, then there are others that are falling over. days ago so we thought we'd try riding through. Unfortunately Tristans chain fell off while crossing the bridge so the Lao people saw us coming. We tried to ride by but they put out there arms to stop us. We told them we were just visiting some friends at a guesthouse, not going to the waterfall but they didn't buy it. We argued for a few minutes but then the 'police man' came out with a gun so we just paid the 20,000 kip each and went on our way haha. No one needed to get shot over $2.50. All the roads are relatively flat and easy to ride. We first went to the lookout across the Mekong where you can see Cambodia. We were boiling so we thought we'd take a dip in the water. The water was like a warm bathtub and didn't help at all. We ended up getting a cold drink and sat in the shade for a bit. After we headed back and went to Somphamit waterfall. The rapids were very powerful and rocky. There was a sign pointing to a beach area so we went there. There was a ton of rocks there too
and the current was pretty strong. We dipped in and held on to a rope that was there so we wouldn't float away. It was late evening and we were getting hungry. We ate at a small restaurant and the food was really good. After we headed back to our bungalow, grabbed some dinner and made it an early night.
I just learned how to do panorama shots but for some reason I can't upload them onto here. Put the below link in your address bar to see the photos. I've uploaded them to facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150254317711369.367345.502436368&l=1a4d8dd15e
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