Dec 28 2006
Entering Laos at Houy Xai
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Dec 28 2006
Mekong River View
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Dec 29 2006
Downtown Houy Xai
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Dec 29 2006
The boat dock
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Dec 29 2006
The boat we rode to Luang Prabang
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Dec 29 2006
We piggy backed with a tour group
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Dec 29 2006
A passing boat like ours
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Dec 29 2006
Not crowded! Comfortable
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Dec 29 2006
but somewhat cool in the morning
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Dec 29 2006
Beer on board!
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Dec 29 2006
Sun setting from the boat
near Luang Prabang
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Dec 30 2006
How we get around the city
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Dec 30 2006
Downtown Luang Prabang
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Dec 30 2006
Many quaint side streets
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Dec 30 2006
The market
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Dec 30 2006
Night Market
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Dec 30 2006
Barb Bargaining
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Dec 31 2006
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Dec 31 2006
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Dec 31 2006
There are many Wats (temples)
in Luang Prabang
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Dec 31 2006
LP has one hill in town called
Mount Phousi. There is a Wat on top
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Dec 31 2006
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Dec 31 2006
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Dec 31 2006
Luang Prabang is a UNESCO
National Heritage Site
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Dec 31 2006
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Dec 31 2006
The Wat on top of Mt. Phousi
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Dec 31 2006
For a buck, you can release
a bird
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Dec 31 2006
The Bird Lady
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Dec 31 2006
One of many Wats in town
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Dec 31 2006
Tamarind Fruit - Yummy
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Dec 31 2006
Chicken or Fish ?
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Dec 31 2006
Or chicken heads?
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Dec 31 2006
New Year's Eve Party
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Dec 31 2006
Happy New Years!
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Dec 31 2006
We hooked up with these travellers
at the NYE party
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Jan 1 2007
Barb with Monks
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Jan 1 2007
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Jan 1 2007
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Jan 1 2007
This was a beautiful Wat on
gorgeous grounds
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Jan 1 2007
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Jan 2 2007
Young chicks on sticks
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Jan 2 2007
The bus to Vang Vien
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Jan 2 2007
Vang Vien is not to be missed
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Jan 2 2007
View from our cottage
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Jan 2 2007
One of our favorite snacks
called Roti
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Jan 2 2007
Roti - like a chocolate banana pancake
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Jan 2 2007
Where we stayed in Vang Vien
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Jan 3 2007
Our $20 per day cottage
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Jan 3 2007
View from the cottage
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Jan 3 2007
Breakfast
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Jan 3 2007
How you cross the river
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Jan 3 2007
Local restaurant
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Jan 3 2007
Kayak / Cave trip
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Jan 3 2007
Water was a bit chilly
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Jan 3 2007
You ride an innertube inside the cave
wearing headlamps and pulling yourself along
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Jan 3 2007
This was one mean monkey
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Jan 3 2007
Then a kayak trip down the Nam-Song River
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Jan 3 2007
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Jan 3 2007
A Party stop - beer and food
and a contraption that allows
you to swing out over the river
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Jan 3 2007
A slow way to travel the river
by innertube
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Jan 3 2007
Climb up and swing out!
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Jan 3 2007
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Jan 4 2007
Lao money but everyone
uses dollars
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Jan 4 2007
Downtown Vang Vien
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Jan 4 2007
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Jan 4 2007
Mini bus to the bus station
Heading to Vientiene,
the capital
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Jan 4 2007
Vientiene, Lao
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Jan 4 2007
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Jan 4 2007
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Jan 4 2007
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Jan 4 2007
Big bottles only 50 cents
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Jan 4 2007
Yikes, what a mess
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Jan 4 2007
Wals, our favorite ice cream
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Jan 5 2007
Vientiene has lots of French
colonial architecture
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Jan 5 2007
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Jan 5 2007
Over 3,000 buddhas in this temple
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Jan 5 2007
The Market
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Jan 5 2007
French bread in IndoChina!
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Jan 5 2007
many fruits
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Jan 5 2007
Vientiene, the mini Arc d'triumph
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Jan 5 2007
view from the top
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Jan 5 2007
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Jan 6 2007
Our plane to Siem Reap, Cambodia
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