Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Laos Leg

I have moved on from Cambodia to Laos now. These are some pictures of my journeys up through the rickety border crossing from Cambodia to Laos and on into the majestic mountains of northern Laos.
This is the morning of leaving for Laos, the sunset over the Mekong from Stung Treng.

Transportation


Biking the length of Don Det in 4000 Islands(See Pan Don) to see the rapids of the Mekong River. Joined later by the water buffalo




The sunset off of Don Det!

Champasak's soccer players and sunrise!


Hitchhiking from Champasak to Pakse.


The waterfalls of Beleven Plateau.


Vientiane's Golden Stupa, Laos most important national monument.

A funny reminder of back home!

Jimmy!! A semi-permanent resident of Maylyn Guesthouse. His breakfast consists of a BeerLao and 3-4 glasses of whiskey.

Coming down from some caves Kyle, Daniel and I biked to.

The Jumping Tree! Great fun!

A walk in Vang Vieng's rice paddies. The mountains here are like no other I've ever seen, they rise straight up out of the flat fields.


Todays journey to the top of the mountain overlooking the paddies. What a view! You can see the vegetation that follows the river beds.


Me on the summit!


Another snail, found on top of the peak!


I may have one or two more blog posts before I am home. Thanks for reading, see you soon!