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Luang Prabang
- Slow Boat down the Mekong & we found Utopia (well the cafe/bar)
Looking at Laos from Thailand
Lads packed on to the back of a ute with the ladies inside
Crossing the river to Laos
Two Day Slow Boat down the Mekong
Two Day Slow Boat down the Mekong
We could have taken a fast boat like this instead
Two Day Slow Boat down the Mekong
Two Day Slow Boat down the Mekong - overnight at Pak Beng
Two Day Slow Boat down the Mekong - Pak Beng welcoming party....all the guesthouse workers
Two Day Slow Boat down the Mekong
We had about 20 people packed on to this ute!
Buffalo curry with Beer Lao
The view from our breakfast spot at Pak Beng
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas anyone??
Two Day Slow Boat down the Mekong - Buddha caves, not worth the trip from Luang Prabang from what we saw.
Luang Prabang - Another tuk tuk into town
Luang Prabang - local customs poster
Luang Prabang - crazy bug!
Luang Prabang - crazy bug!
Luang Prabang - Temple entrance
Luang Prabang - We found Utopia
Luang Prabang - We found Utopia
Luang Prabang - Utopia
Luang Prabang - Utopia
Luang Prabang - Fried river weed for lunch!
Luang Prabang - View from the temple
Luang Prabang - our new monk friends
Luang Prabang - Jai Vang with the kids
Luang Prabang - Jai Vang
Luang Prabang - Our new monk friends
Luang Prabang - temple rules
Luang Prabang - temple summit team and travel buddie
Luang Prabang - temple summit team and travel buddies
Luang Prabang - one of many fruit shakes
Snake Whiskey!
Off to the bowling alley, riding on the back of the tuk tuk is the only way to go!
Bowling alley, the only place open for after midnight. A Laos tradition
Coops showing her form
But not so happy with the result
Bowling alley party!
Some other brave souls on the back of the tuk tuk
Strict rules at the ATM!
Vang Vieng
- Tubing & great scenery
View on the road to Vang Vieng
Deer Meat soup with liquid faeces.......didn't have the taste buds for this
Vang Vieng from our room
Introducing Coops to the restaurants with low tables and TV shows
Lap - spicy minced meat with salad and sticky rice
View from our breakfast spot
Vang Vieng
Vang Vieng
Tubing Team Kiwi
More excited face!
Tubing team expanded - start of the day and some new travel mates!
Let's get wet - note Coops and I were the only ones who were confident enough without lifejackets
Bluey's third trip down the Nam Song river over two visits!
Bar #1
A bit different from three years ago but still good fun!
Beach Volleyball, Kiwi's dominate
Follow the rules Coops!
New South American friends :)
Cruising with Kika to bar #2
The sign says it all!
Bar #2
Mud Volleyball
Kika and Bevan @ Bar #2
Mobilising the crew to head to bar #3
More Tubing
Coops off on a solo mission!
Team rafting, kicking to the right side of the river
Tubing Team Kiwi @ Bar #3
Bar #3
Bar #3
Bar #3
Two South Americans, One Canadian and a Kiwi tubed into a bar......
Hammock time!!!
Tubing - the final stretch
Coops' first bucket
Sweet massage shorts!
Sweet massage shorts!
Vang Vieng - thanks for the great times!
32 Hour Bus Trip from Vang Vieng to Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Bus #2 - once you have finished laughing at us, check out our Iranian mates facial hair in the back row!
Bus #3 - Sleeper bus
The hilarity of the sleeper bus starts - each birth is about as wide as a single bed, 1.7m long and for two people!!! We all had a great laugh.
Sleeper bus
Sleeper bus
Arrival at the Lao-Cambodia border
Laos border check
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