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March 19th 2009
Published: March 22nd 2009
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For all our English speaking friends...this time the update is mostly in Slovenian because we don't have much time nor energy😊 We're still in Laos, in Luang Prabang just hanging around in a lovely city. But more exciting we've just came from the Gibbon Experience and let us tell you it was the most awesome thing we have ever experienced!! You can see more with pictures and don't forget to check out the video too (if we ever manage to upload it😊


Ok, kot ze veste sva se par dni nazaj "udelezila" Gibbon Experience na severu Laosa in res lahko receva, da je bilo vec kot enkratno!!
Torej zaceli smo zgodaj zjutraj, ko smo si s celo skupino ogledali safety video...potem so nas natrpali v 2 4-wheel drivea in odpeljali dobesedno neznano kam v junglo. Po 1h itak ze prva prepreka na cesti...celo deblo (smo ze razmislali kako za danes odpade zipanje)...ampak kdo bi si mislil - zadeva resena v manj kot 15min! Po cca 2h in pol smo prispeli v vas kjer smo se pes podali se za eno uro. Koncno smo prispeli v camp kjer so nam razdelili trapeze (harnese)...ko pogledas te majhne "strike" ne mores verjet da bo cez pet minut bilo tvoje zivljenje dejansko odvisno od njih! Razdelimo se v 3 skupine glede na hise...torej no.1=7 oseb, no2=2 osebi (honeymoon sweet) in no.3= 4 osebe...moram rect da sva "izmolzla" kar se da najboljso moznost (glede na to da je bila cela skupina malo kuku) in izbrala tretjo hiso se z dvema puncama, avstralko Erin in nemko Sandro. Se 5 min hoje in prvi zipline je bil tu...wuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! Pri prvih treh je bila doza adrenalina tako velika, da se prakticno sploh ne spomnem kako je izgledalo!! In ze po prvem sva si rekla: definitivno vredno vsakega evra!!!
In tako smo zippali in trekkali okoli 1h in prisli do nase sanjske hiske...do nje seveda vodi le zipline, ko pa prides gor pa najbolj navdusujoc razgled!! Kar sapo vzame! Vec povejo slike...
Popoldne smo nasega vodica prepricali, da nas pelje se malo po zipih (Uros je mel mravlince v riti in kar ni mogel biti pri miru😊, prisli nazaj in na mizi nas je ze cakala dobro zasluzena vecerja . Kmalu je bilo treba prizgat svece in takrat se je zacel ziv- zav. Uros in tri punce od katerih je bila ena bolj prestrasena zuzkov kot tadruga ( ok.. .sej smo jih imeli res veliko ...od vesc vseh oblik in velikosti, do scurkov ter bogomoljk ..da o komarjih sploh ne govorimo). Spat smo sli zato res zgodaj :P

Drug dan se je zacel res zgodaj, 6.00 , nas je vodic vrgel iz postle, takoj harnese gor in na lov za giboni . slisal smo enega dosti blizu nasi hisi, vendar nam je na zalost pobegnil. Mal razocarani smo nadomestili "nevidenje" gibbonov s tem da smo zipali do onemoglosti tisti dan . Najprej smo sli do hise stevilka 5 (1 ura), imeli tam zajtrk, nato odzipali vse do Treehouse no.2 (3h), tam pobrali se honeymoon par in odzipali do Treahouse no.1 na kosilo. Tako smo prakticno nadaljevali vse dokler se ni zmracilo, ko smo bili prakticno prisiljeni nehat😊 Super obcutek je, ko res zacnes popolnoma zaupati harnesu in zacnes ze skakat, tect, snemat s kamero, skratka pocet vragolije! No ko pa zvecer pridemo vsi lacni nazaj v hiso, ugotovimo da ni hrane...tako da se je nas junak Uros podal se enkrat proti hisi st.1 v lovu za hrano (ni bilo take panike ker je bil SE VEDNO zeljan zippanja😊, na sreco srecal vodica na pol
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Passing the river with the 4wheel
poti tako da smo kmalu veselo jedli in kmali kot ubiti padli v posteljo😊
Cez par ur ponoci je Urosu ze zacelo brbotati v trebuhu, tako da smo imeli kar zanimivo noc (sej ste vidli kako zgleda hisa...nobene zasebnosti😊 Zjutraj smo se zbudili se bolj zgodaj, kot prejsnji dan, v upanju, da danes res vidimo kaksnega majmuna...Urosa smo "nafilal" z lekadoli in je moral pocivati, me tri punce pa smo se podale na tek s preprekami po jungli (dobesedno). Vodic je slisal skupino gibbonov in bil tako navdusen, da je skoraj poletel po tistem klancu...me pa za njim, tekle, padale, spotikale...hahaha...ampak na koncu je bilo vredno! Smo videle 6 gibbonov skakat po drevesu in res so spuscali najbolj zanimive glasove (imamo vse posneto). Ampak najhuje se je bilo potem vrnit nazaj v hiso in Urosu povedat kaj je zamudil...bogi! No vsaj posneto smo imele!

In kmalu se je vse koncalo...na poti nazaj smo se se malo pozipali (da smo ja izkoristili maksimum od maksimuma...se kej vec pa bi bili skor majmuni😊 Skratka vsem, ki ste prispeval za tole imenitno dogodivscino...Nada, Bojan, Misa, Andrej se posebej pa Jure in Tim - HVALA!!! Zdaj pa uzivajte ob slikcah😊

Do naslednjic...Anja
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There was a hit trea on the way...the guide pulled out some kind of machetta and started hitting...in 20 min we were already saved:)
in Uros



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On the way to Gibbon Experience

Trekking in the bamboo jungle to the first ziplines
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1st zipline

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeejjjj!!!
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Treehouse no.3

Uros & Sandra and Anja chillin in our crib
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Somwhere zipping

Uros allready feelin the butterflies in the stomack :S
The view from the zipline...The view from the zipline...
The view from the zipline...

...the longest zipline was around 400m long and the highest around 150m high...it really gives you the thrill!
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Treehouse no.5

Uros, Sandra our guide and Anja + Erin (taking the picture) zipped all the way to TH5...just enjoying the fabulous tea!
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Treehouse no.3

The view from our house just before the dusk
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In the evening we were chilling with the candels and millions of insects...we were practicaly forced to hit the bed at 8 o'clock!
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One of our friends with who we shared the treahouse
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Preparing for sleeping
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Hehe...when you did the lulu or pupu you could counted the seconds before it hit the ground:) hehehe
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Our simple bathroom with the most amazing view
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Huntingt for Gibbons

The first morning we woke up at 5am to go look for the Gibbons...sadly we didn't see any :(
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TreeHouse 5

Imagine this is your front door...and it is :)


25th March 2009

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cao. tole pa je pravi zur. ze prej sem si predstavljal, da mora biti fajn. ko pa sta poslal slikce in opis...res zakon. to je sigurno ena od zadev, ki si jih bosta za ves cas zapomnila in sem vesel, da smo skupaj s timom zadevo zrihtali in rezervirali. uzivajta se naprej in posiljita slikce, ki jih vsi radi gledamo. ajde, jure

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