Unbeknownst to us at the time we approached a sandy bank on the brown Nam Ou river and stuttered to a halt. This was it our village home for 3 weeks. We grabbed our bags and the tools climbed the sand bank and climbed the stairs made of rocks, tree trunks, leaf matter and rubbish. As …
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We drank a few parting iced coffees with our new friends, discussing future adventures together for 40 minutes before picking up 60,000 kip tickets to the capital city. I hurriedly picked up 2 banana leaf parcels, half a chicken that was bound together by bamboo strips and piled up on a grim counter. A fan …
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After a much shorter journey than anticipated our bus pulled into a bus station 2km away from the centre of town. We began to walk down the side of the road, not wanting to fork out for a tuk tuk. Within 10mins of walking a man and truck pulled over and offered us a lift. …
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