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Mountains.jpg - On my way down to Vientiene, I stopped in Vang Vieng. It is famous (INfamous?) as a backpacker ghetto, the "Khaosan Road" of Laos where the crusty people come to party. But it is also a nice little town surrounded by dramatic mountains! | 23 KB |
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Mountains.jpg - I rented a bike and took a cruise out of town. | 22 KB |
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Mountains.jpg - Ah yes, probably too many mountain pics, but just skip over them if you have had enough. | 17 KB |
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Kids_Corn.jpg - More of those cute little critters. Found these kids playing with corn as though it was a toy. | 35 KB |
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Mountains.jpg - See that pointy one in the middle? That is the one I decided to climb in my Tevas. | 23 KB |
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Bike.jpg - I rode the mountain bike into the bushes for a while, then parked it and locked it to a piece of bamboo. | 30 KB |
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Mountains.jpg | 12 KB |
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HMong.jpg - Took a hike up this small, but steep mountain and ran into some H'Mong villagers that were crouched down in the green foliage just talking and enjoying the view I guess. This old guy spoke French (sort of) so we shared a few words (because that is all I know!). He showed me how to reach the peak. | 48 KB |
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Girls.jpg - They were wandering around collecting things to eat. They stopped to check out the Farang that was resting in the bamboo shelter. | 41 KB |
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Girls.jpg - The girls kept looking back and laughing as they walked away. They thought I was just the funniest thing ever! | 40 KB |
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Boys.jpg - There was a simple drink stand on the way back. Stopped for a Pepsi (that was all they had). The kids got excited over my plastic water bottle "toy". Had to turn it into 3 toys to keep the jealousy in check. | 32 KB |
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Car_Wash.jpg - They just drive it in the river! | 43 KB |
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Sunset.jpg | 11 KB |
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Laap_Muu.jpg - Love that Laap! This one was particularly good. This was the last Beer Lao I drank... Actually the last beer I drank period (3 weeks ago) as I was preparing for the Vipassana meditation course in Thailand. | 36 KB |
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Water_Mellon.jpg - The watermelon farmer drove into town and started a furry of excitement. Everyone came out to say hello, tap on melons and see each other. The restaurant owners slices up a few and gave me much more than I could eat. | 36 KB |
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