I fear that Vang Vieng may be gradually reverting to it's "party-town" status but there are still fabulous views, peaceful walks across the rice fields and pretty lights on the river to enjoy.
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| Thank you to Bacoma cake! |
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| One of our brave protectors - the mighty Ben! |
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| I get to be quite fond of the dogs here. They're very friendly. |
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| Sadly my pool skills never improve. I still got beaten 3-0 in the grand league. |
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| Lots of birds in the garden. |
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| The lovely Nani and her grannie from the Seagull bar. |
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| On to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. An odd mix of high-rise buildings and tumbledown French colonial architecture. There was a brand new Bentley parked in our road! |
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| Got to Vang Vieng in one piece. It's a 3-hour bus ride from Vientiane but takes at least 5 hours after all the stops and starts. |
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| The cows come home along our road every evening. |
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| I also photographed this amazing spider last year. I was happy to find that it's still here outside our bungalow. |
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| Trevann studying the garden. |
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| Vang Vieng's main claim to fame - the Nam Song river. |
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| It is very beautiful. |
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| Limestone karst mountains rise vertically from the rice paddies. |
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| At night the riverside bars light up and the music starts. |
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| This is Nouth's back garden. At the end of the wood is a cliff pockmarked with caves from which thousands of bats issue forth at dusk. |
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| Another view of the valley. |
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| It's lovely to walk across the rice fields in the sunshine. |
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| Little shelters here and there for the farmers. |
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| Nouth's friend Deena comes round to show us all traditional Lao dancing. She then does a giggly "magic" show, liberally lubricated with plenty of lao lao rice whisky, complete with scorpion or snake or centipede flavouring. Lots of fun. |
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