Mekong River, Pak Ou Caves

Trip Start Dec 22, 2009

Trip End Jan 10, 2010

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

A great ride down the river enjoying local village life.

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Our boat driver up the Mekong River to the Pak Ou	Life along the Mekong river	Can we all sit on Daddy?	Work huts along the Mekong river
Work hut for people on the river	Mekong River	Just us kids	The village of Ban Xanghai
Enroute to Ban Xanghai	Enroute to Ban Xanghai	Walking on the bamboo bridge	View from Ban Xanghai village
old fashioned spinning of the silk	I'll try the one with the scorpio in it	Lao Lao Whiskey	Local textiles
A homemade Lao violin	Water buffalo on the Mekong River	Beautiful mountain views Pa ann cliffs	Water buffalo on the Mekong
The famous Pak Ou Caves	Novice monks visiting the caves	View from the caves of the Mekong and Pa Ann	Ka Ja Ya Buddha student of Lord Buddha
Practicing Lao with our guide Sak	The shrine at the lower caves of Pak Ou	View from lower cave at Pak Ou	In the cave
Buddha preaching to his disciples on Phousi Hill	Buddha asks the people to stop fighting	View from the top of Phousi Hill-Kahn River	The tourists waiting for sunset on Phousi Hill
Setting up the night market	Beautiful color at the night market	Everyone plays a part	Everyone plays a part
textiles sold at the market	Buddhist monk at Vat Mai	The Luang Prabang Night Market	helping out at the night market
elephant trek through the jungle	Jack leading the way	Heading toward the Nam Khan River	View of the Nam Khan River
I like this riding on the ears bit!	Meeting the locals while on elepahnts	Hannah's turn!	Nam Khan River
elephant trek through the jungle	Fun riding on the ears of the elephant	Traditional Lao Cooking class at La Residence	Hannah the chef
The view from our hotel Comments!	Drinking Pina Coladas while we cook	Where's my steamed rice?	The family that cooks together... Comments!
It's hot but I can do it! Comments!	The first time Steve's worn an apron...	Sugar high...romping in mom and dad's room!

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Joannie and Andy Besser on Jan 1, 2010 at 05:43PM

Patty, Steve and Kids, Happy New Year. Great pictures, great way to start off the new year. lots of love
Andy and Joannie

Susan & Stanley on Jan 1, 2010 at 07:26PM

Love looking at all the pictures and hearing about your travels. We're enjoying the sunshine of Palm Springs. Stay away from that Lao Lao whiskey! Happy 2010.

Carrie on Jan 2, 2010 at 04:21AM

WOW!! Happy New Year to you all. It is amazing what kinds of experiences you have exposed your children to. Beyond my wildest dreams..........So wonderful. Love you and miss you P!! ENJOY and be safe. Love seeing the photos and thanks for sharing your amazing adventures, especially with someone like me who rarely even leaves the South Bay!!!! xoxo

Kathe Oster on Jan 3, 2010 at 07:14PM

Happy New Year! Amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing....almost like being there. :)
Love to you the rest of the clan.
xxoo
Kathe

George Thompson on Jan 3, 2010 at 09:25PM

Wow! It looks like you guys are having a great time. We just got back from a warm vacation in South Beach, and it's cold and raining here in Seattle. I hope you all are on a sunny beach somewhere in Thailand by now. Have fun, and Happy belated New Year.