Distant Horizons - Photos

Laos February and March 2014

queuing for the ATM before going to 4000 Islands

sunset on Don Khong

sunrise over the Mekong river

breakfast on the balcony of our guesthouse

water buffalo

rural life on Don Khong

cycling around Don Khong. Notice the butterfly in the picture :-)

while we were in Laos lots of flowers and trees were blossoming

water buffalo

this is how our feet usually looked like after a day on dusty roads

one of our simpler rooms - we hung up our own mosquito net

Monks collecting the morning alms in Pakse

delicious "Krapfen" / Donuts in the street - they were so yummy we bought 5 of them

our 4 hour transportation (Songthaew) to Ban Na Hin

Bananas everywhere

a permanent sign for "accident ahead"??

on our way to Kong Lor

the most used map (at least by the tourists) of the area

villagers collecting wood

in Kong Lor village

these two girls were shy and curious at the same time

harvesting tobacco

the tobacco is dried in these heated houses over night

we borrowed our sunglasses to the kids in the village and they had fun posing with it

preparing for night fishing

inside Kong Lor cave

a not so trustworthy bridge (the locals crossed it on the motorbike and did not even bother to push it over the bridge)

spot the difference... easy to confuse

school children on their way back home

Lok Lak - a typical local dish

2 million KIP from the ATM

employee (of the month) of our guesthouse

in Vientiane

Buddha park 30km away from Vientiane

lots of dust along the roads

temporary (only during dry season) bamboo bridge in Luang Prabang - rebuilt every year

laundry

even the dogs are super chilled in Laos

ferry over the Mekong river

"Guesthouse street"

even bicycles are (partly) made of bamboo

Edgar working on pictures while Verena is writing the travel diary

night food market - pay 1 Euro, grab a plate and fill it

sunrise above Luang Prabang seen from Mount Pousi

delicious sandwich

delicious shakes, sandwiches and pancakes in Luang Prabang

sunset over the Mekong river. This place was 1 minute away from our room so we went there almost every single evening to watch the sunset - sometimes even without a camera ;-)

curious cat

near the Kuang Si Waterfalls is a bear sanctuary where the bears live in very good conditions

part of Kuang Si Waterfalls

cotton

preparing the cotton to make a thread out of it

rice fields

cycling around Luang Prabang

one of the countless (must be more than 50) temples in Luang Prabang

the monk student helping us Geocaching

rooster fight

la Pistoche pool in Luang Prabang - a perfect place to relax for a day

Wat Xieng Tong

sunset over the Mekong. To the right is one of the restaurants we went to in the evenings.

every evening there is a night market in Luang Prabang. They build it up every single afternoon and break it down again every single night.

while waiting for customers most of the vendors spend their time on the smartphone

the last one gets an iron pot as helmet

near Vang Vieng. As you can see you can almost see nothing...

2 of them were our "guides" up the hill

Blue Lagoon near Vang Vieng - a nice place to have a refreshing bath

fresh coconut

chasing the sun in the evening to find a good spot for photography - day 1: not so succesful

day 2: almost the same place - this time we knew better where to go for sunset

Bye bye Laos