Good times over Beer Laos and curry soup

October 20th, 2002 at 12:00am

Yesterday a group of us (Inge from Holland, Laurent from France, Ester and Raoul from Holland, Winston, and me) decided to go up to Muang Ngoi for the day. It’s one hour north upriver by boat, only accesible by boat. We got dropped off at Muang Ngoi and then trekked through the rice fields and forest to a cave/stream. Beautiful walk – mountains and rice fields everywhere. The stream itself was actually flowing out of the cave. We took turns venturing upstream into the darkness of the cave – in our group was Winston, Inge and me. We went back into the darkness for about 10 minutes, then decided to turn around because we only had one torch (with old batteries) between the three of us.

It was another hour by boat back to Nong Khiaw. We stopped at another village on the way back, but only for a few minutes, then we continued home.

The evening was spent sitting round the table over Beer Laos, vegetable curry soup, spring rolls, and chips (French fries). Good time.

Today was a chill day. We hung out at the guesthouse reading, eating, chatting, and enjoying the view. Had another night visit to the bridge. With one day before the full moon the night sky was so bright, beautiful beyond words. Winston is leaving tomorrrow; he’s heading south to Luang Prabang. Me, I’m heading north, to Luang Nam Tha.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: Hi everyone! Sorry this entry is boring, nothing I can do about it after the fact. Good news is that I’ve added all the pictures from Lao, so there are new photos now from 9.19.02 to the present entry. To view, click on the journal link above and then scroll back. I hope you like the new additions to the site, most notably the clickable slide show on the main index page. Also added is a date of last update which you can see in the top right corner on the main page (it reads UPDATED: 11.05.02), so now you can immediately tell if the journal has been updated without having to read any further. I’ve got plenty more ideas for the site so you may be seeing more updates in the future. Thanks for reading along, hope you are enjoying the site.

Most old B-52 bomb shells are used as flower pots in Lao nowadays

Trekkings anyone?

The sights of Muang Ngoi

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