Chop Choi (Thank You in Laos)

Posted by Jonny

Posted on August 4, 2007

Bad news! The charger we bought in Bangkok died after just one recharge. So we have no camera and the photos of our trek are on the now dead camera. We'll be able to get them off but we'll have to find a Kodak shop or another charger.

We're really annoyed because we have some great pictures to show you and also we can't take pictures here.

We are in Laos at the moment. Great spot. We got a bus to Chiang Khong which is on the Mekong river. Laos is across the river. The next day we headed across and got our visas and customs checks which took a while. The passport is starting to look cool now with all the stamps and visas. We hopped on the slow boat. It took 7 hours but wasn't bad. We have lots of friends now that are pretty much doing the same thing. Food in Laos is gorgeous and cheap. They have only one beer here, Laos Beer!

We stayed the first night on the river in a very nice guest house. Electricity stops at 10:30 sharp so we were literally in bed at that time. They have a curfew on the border towns so they actually will lock you out of the guest house after that. We woke in the morning and two dutch guys, Jerry and Abion, asked us did we want to join them and a few others on another boat. We had tickets for the same boat again but Abion paid a captain to take us on a VIP/private boat to the next place. $200 got 15 of us down the river. It was class. We stocked up on beer and played cards and pretty much partied all 7 hours we were on it. Slow boats officially rock!

In LaoungPrabang now. Nice place. We went to a restaurant last night and then a pub. After we went bowling till 2 in the morning (was the only place open selling beer at that hour). Was great craic. Feeling the effects today though!. Off to the capital now in a half hour. 5 hour bus journey with the same crowd again. Good bunch though. Oh and the dutch guys are teaching me dutch again. Hope everyone is cool, sorry about the pictures but I am on it!

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