Team Canada parts ways, Good Luck and all the best wishes

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C’est Incroyable. Je vais prend une autre baguette si vous plait

Once again I find myself in a small passenger van wide-awake and contemplating what it would be like to drive on a normal less windy road, what a great “AAA” Alberta beef T-bone steak tastes like with potatoes, why I still might be able to out might my older brother even as a weary traveler on a diet of rice and curries and in a weight class around 180 lbs, why they call a Grapefruit a grapefruit and not something more fitting, and just how and why in the world Laos has so much French influence in their culture?

Laos, a former French colony due to an intervention in Vietnam over religious beliefs 150 years ago, became an independent nation in 1952. It remains today a communist country, and lays claim to be the most bombed Nation in the world. During a confusing Vietnam war (secret war) which Laos was dragged into, the country of Laos was bombed heavily on account of its shared boarder with Vietnam and Cambodia in hopes of cutting off supply lines by the Ho Chi Minh trail which aided the Vietminh (Vietcong). It is said that many leftover bombs were dropped on Laos after carpet bombing runs by the B-52s directed towards Viet minh because landing on US aircraft carriers with these bombs could have been unsafe.

A very quiet place with a nightly curfew very similar to that of a high school student in a strict but loving family Luang Prabang, Laos, exists do to the presence of the life-giving Mekong river which plays a major roll in the aide rice production, vegetable growth, sea weed and fish food supply, transport of goods, and provides a great bathing source for the villages of people that reside along the banks. Buddhism is the main religion here, and many possession-less monks awake every morning in search of a soul who will give them their daily rice. The locals here push tourism and every driver would like to take you to the Thang-Si waterfall, the religious cave, and the very crafty night market full of great gifts. So like all good tourists we explored all of these options.

The traveling duo has decided to part ways, and the time has come for the two crazy Yukonese Canadians to start their own adventures. Jordan will be heading North, deep into the Jungle on what is probably the most economical vehicle in existence, The elephant which by his standards is great on gas, good off-road and has plenty of trunk-space (all the best of luck. I can’t wait to see the pics). I myself will be heading on a completely different journey, which will commence in a dual prop plane flying over the Plain of Jars, a portion of Laos that is considered to be the most heavily bombed landscape ever to exist, before entering and landing in Hanoi in Northern Vietnam.

Take care

Cor

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Photos

Monk
Luang Prabang

Water wheel
this was made for pounding grain or something.

Sad day
last jump as a team. Take care man.

Comments

[Andrew]

you must be losing it
you must be going crazy buddy the only thing your outing is one our freinds hangin on Franklin out side the 7-11 lol. Speaking of beef we just had a barbeque at work there was a steak with your name all over it, but that said i would still rather be hangin with you over in thailand. I enjoy reading your logs corey it gives me somthing to look forward to while i am at work other than falling asleep and waking up when works over. I've got to go works over and its friday night you know what that means, im going to the gym then going to bed. Miss you lots corey and look forward to your arivall back home. By the way are you really 180lbs if so you better stop buggin gilbert or he will be outing you soon!!!!!!