We felt very proud of ourselves taking an overland route into Southern Laos from Cambodia by bus, minivan, ferry, minivan etc etc and onto one of the Four Thousand Islands in the Mekong (Don Det Island)...only to discover that dozens of other travellers had done exactly the same!
It was a little slice of heaven though. Electricity only a few hours every evening, hammocks to lounge in by the side of the river, and plenty of cold beer to wash down good fresh fish while watching the sun set over the river. We could have taken boat trips to see dolphins and waterfalls, or tubes to float down the river but we made a conscious decision to do not much at all. The most exertion was a trip round the island by bike, to the Li Phi falls on the neighboring island of Don Khone. After two days of lazing around, it was time to head on out to Champasak and the Angkor era temple of Wat Phou, not nearly as restored as the Angkor temples in Cambodia, but not so many tourists either.
So far, we're really enjoying Laos, have mastered at least thank you and hello, and found people to be incredibly friendly and very laid back...no rushing over your meal here! We head on north to Vientiane next, planning to spend a couple of weeks exploring the north eastern corner, but our return home is now very much on our minds.
It was a little slice of heaven though. Electricity only a few hours every evening, hammocks to lounge in by the side of the river, and plenty of cold beer to wash down good fresh fish while watching the sun set over the river. We could have taken boat trips to see dolphins and waterfalls, or tubes to float down the river but we made a conscious decision to do not much at all. The most exertion was a trip round the island by bike, to the Li Phi falls on the neighboring island of Don Khone. After two days of lazing around, it was time to head on out to Champasak and the Angkor era temple of Wat Phou, not nearly as restored as the Angkor temples in Cambodia, but not so many tourists either.
So far, we're really enjoying Laos, have mastered at least thank you and hello, and found people to be incredibly friendly and very laid back...no rushing over your meal here! We head on north to Vientiane next, planning to spend a couple of weeks exploring the north eastern corner, but our return home is now very much on our minds.
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