Nic, Marie & Peter in Laos, January 2009

Nic goes shopping in Vangvieng, the new Bali.




Watching re-runs of Friends and scoffing not-so-cheap hayam-burrgerrs. Yup sure, it's Laos.




...and some derivative sticky rice baskets:


Spirit house on the cheap.





Marie takes a hike to a cave.




Vientiane - a converted French villa:

and another under renovation:

the Pratuxai, Laotian answer to the Arc de Triomphe






Luangprabang - View of the Mekong river and King's palace from the top of Phousi Hill:

...and the smaller Nam Ou river ...834489 steps up the hill:

Find out what snack was on offer at this shop, then choose from an odd list of other yummy Asian menu items.

Khong Lor cave, near Ban Nahin, a Lao village 5 road hours east of Vientiane...

The guest house in early morning mist...

...the canoe trip on the shallow Nam Song river to the cave...

...the approach to the cave opening...

...investigating Inner Spaces is always a good thing...

...and the first glimmer of the exit, 7 kilometres later...

A few more photos and tales are available here.