L.A.O.S

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yes, i fell in love again. this time it’s laos, probably one of the most wonderful places on this planet. we’ve spent 13 days in laos and each day was better than the one before. big smiles, friendly faces, beautiful people, breathtaking landscapes and sunsets, the right amount of chaos, lots of crazy stuff to do, delicious food, time is meaningless and the mekong river ubiquitous. i guess that pretty much sums up our last 2 weeks.

our first destination was the capital of laos, vientiane. for a city it was unbelievably relaxed, quiet and easy going. the next couple of days we had spent in luang prabang, a small town in northern laos that’s even more relaxed and has a lot to offer. we saw some amazing temples, tried some surprisingly delicious food at the local food market, went elephant riding and cruised around town on cute little bicycles. after luang prabang we just followed the mekong river and went further south to vang vieng, a place that would be dead if they hadn’t invented tubing. tubing? yes, tubing. that means that you float down the mekong on the inner tube of a truck tyre passing by (or stopping at) a bar every 50 meters offering attractions like giant waterslides or huge swings into the water. it was a day of madness but hell it was fun! hehe

from vang vieng we made our way down to pakse…and it was a long one! 5 hours on a public bus, 10 on a sleeper bus. from there we started our kayaking tour. after 2 days of meditative paddling down the mekong we ended up on a chilled out island called don det for 3 days of sweet doing nothing. good times!

and now? we left laos yesterday with a big sad sigh and crossed the border to cambodia. after the casual trouble with buses and travel agents we finally made it to ban lung in the east of cambodia last night. the plan for tomorrow: swimming in a crystal clear lake in a volcanic crater and taking a power shower under one of the three big waterfalls arounf town. sounds good to you? well…sounds good to me too. hehe

i actually wanted to upload some pictures but of course something’s not working again so i’ll try it again next time.

so long….till next time!
nini the travelling midget (who feels almost tall in a country like laos…)

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