maly, do you remember bounmy? i ran into him in vangvieng and he took us out kayaking for the morning! jacob, i can't remember if we met up with him when you and i went...
then we left for luang prabang. here are photos from the road:
kone's brother knew of a natural hot spring on the way up north. so we stopped for a while and got in the water before heading back to the road...
i think this one of the most beautiful drives in all of Laos - although the swerving roads and the altitude change going through the mountains makes it kinda tough. hia, the youngest member of our pilgrimage, threw up twice: once for the way up, and once for the way back down. here he is below sending a clear signal that puking in the van doesn't mean he's a wimp.
after three nights in luang, we headed back to viengchan - and then i left for the south of Laos to visit the family i know from the usa - before returning to viengchan.
5 comments:
Gorgeous photos!
I'm finally getting a chance to look through your posts...I love these photos of the mountains. I'm sure I would have been throwing up a lot more than that...poor little guy.
hahaha! it was actually kinda funny... but i have a soft spot for vomiting. (best opener for the office ever: pam's morning sickness vomiting...) but the back of the van was unbeearable. i tried it for a bit, and i started feeling sick. the middle seats were fine.
no way! did he remember u? he looks a lot different well its been 10 years! your pictures have gotten a lot better! great job!
what??? i thought he looked the exact same. (you may be mixing him up with the other guy we met up there; his name was lae.) i didn't see the woman that tried to scam us. i couldn't remember which guest house we stayed in. vang vieng is very different now. all down the river they have all these restaurants built up with zip lines and water slides. it really is sad... but kinda fun too.
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