My diary
Before I go any further, stop picturing a cruise with a swimming pool, open bar and cheesy karaoke performances, in fact, begin to picture the complete opposite...
For the last 2 days, I have been floating down the Mekong river on a slow boat. This has been such a great experience in so many ways; meeting so many new people, floating past children washing and playing in the shallows of the river and spotting the tiny villages, only accessible by boat. Before departure, the boat was packed full to the brim of tourists, locals, and the luggage that comes with us all.
After day 1, we stopped over in a village called Pakbeng, where we were greeted by what seemed like the whole community...hostel owners selling rooms, tuk-tuk drivers selling lifts and young children that had been sent out to beg for money. The currency in Laos is seeming to be a difficult one to get my head around...a bottle of water for 4,000?!
It was a joy to arrive in Luang Prabang and find that the one group of fellow boat travellers I did not want to be in the same hostel as, were in my dorm for 4 nights...sleep would be minimal
The one with the "cruise"
February 09, 2018
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Chiang Khong to Luang Prabang
Before I go any further, stop picturing a cruise with a swimming pool, open bar and cheesy karaoke performances, in fact, begin to picture the complete opposite...
For the last 2 days, I have been floating down the Mekong river on a slow boat. This has been such a great experience in so many ways; meeting so many new people, floating past children washing and playing in the shallows of the river and spotting the tiny villages, only accessible by boat. Before departure, the boat was packed full to the brim of tourists, locals, and the luggage that comes with us all.
After day 1, we stopped over in a village called Pakbeng, where we were greeted by what seemed like the whole community...hostel owners selling rooms, tuk-tuk drivers selling lifts and young children that had been sent out to beg for money. The currency in Laos is seeming to be a difficult one to get my head around...a bottle of water for 4,000?!
It was a joy to arrive in Luang Prabang and find that the one group of fellow boat travellers I did not want to be in the same hostel as, were in my dorm for 4 nights...sleep would be minimal
I'm sure.
1.
The one where I'm unprepared
2.
The one where I people watch
3.
The one with the sweaty boys
4.
The one with the pickled slugs
5.
The one where I smell
6.
The one with pacing bears and bamboo grubs
7.
The one where I might have rabies
8.
The one with more Pad Thai
9.
The one with 762 curves
10.
The one with boobs
11.
The one with the wall of China
12.
The one where I'm full
13.
The one with the "cruise"
14.
The one with waterfalls
15.
The one with one too many waterfalls...
16.
The one where the bird dies
17.
The one with the Lao Lao
18.
The one where I discover bangers and mash
19.
The one with moody views
20.
The one with a girl, a bike and a big city
21.
The one where I'm offered a foetus kebab
22.
The one where I'm really lazy
23.
The one with dolphins in it
24.
The one with the virgin chicken
25.
The one where I eat a lot of pepper
26.
The one with the minty Carbonara
27.
The one where there's a bit o splash back
28.
The one where I'm at one with nature
29.
The one with the red chair restaurants
30.
The one with the disappointed tourists
31.
The one where it's not actually cake
32.
The one where I wait
33.
The one where I cross the border
34.
The one where there are tiny chairs at tiny tables
35.
The one where I fight with the toilet
36.
The one where there was "no roast duck" left
37.
The one with the fashionable poncho's
38.
The one with the broken scooter
39.
The one where I eat wild mushrooms
40.
The one where my kayak is full of coral
41.
The one with the giggling policemen
42.
The one where I am reunited with Pad Thai
43.
The one where everything is extortionate
44.
The one where I'm a bottomless pit
45.
The one where I apparently stink
46.
The one where he melted
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The one where Oasis perform live
48.
The one where my splinter is sterile
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The one where it comes to an end
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