Cheesy Lids looking good.
Women at work by the river.
Dee looks on while your one behind her gets her boat ready for another run. That boat brought us 5 and our bikes across that river.
I’m ready to roll!
Refreshing dip in the cold waters from a waterfall after all our biking.
Dee on a gander round the village we stayed in that had no loo. Karen since you were interested in foreign toilet habits try to imagine waking in the middle of the night freezing your butski off and then having to get a torch to find your way in the dark, beautiful starscape above your head while ya squat behind a tree to pee. Kool eh?
Dinner!
Atsoshi at play with the village kids.
They loved the ould volley ball.
Thats Max there in the foreground. Worldwide traveller.
A pause in our trek.
Our guide, Lids, my wonderful self and Atoshi taking a breather and a rest outta the sun.
Our guide displays his scratching aid. Most men in Laos and many other Asian countries have a long fingernail on their pinky finger. We were trying to figure out why and we were told it was just for sctatching?!
We stopped at this Hmoung village for a well earned lunch.
Trekking through a river.
We 3 get another rest.
Dee trys to get to the feather yoke before the girl with a baby on her back.
Lids watches that feather yoke go.
Our guide gets our New Years Eve dinner ready.
Lids and Dee. Dee poses with chicken legs.
A toast to the New Year with Granddad in the background.
This was the start of an 8 day New Year celebrations by the Mong people in the village we were in.
This guys name was Tee too! And his sprog was so cute.
A view from the river on New Years Day.
Dee and I check out the elephant info.
Dee with Nelly the Elephant.
Our guide displays his army training.
Lids.
Tee.
Dee.
Lids and I on top of Mae Nam.
Lids on Mae Nam’s head.
Moi.
Dee’s held on to her elephant by a Mahout.
Lids atop Mae Nam. This one is for you Monika.
Cooling down.
A sup of water. Nothing better.
I got this kayaking thing down. You’d be proud of me Shelly.
Dee kayaks like a goddess.