A M/C trip to some waterfalls
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
Sunset on the Mekong. Where sardines turn into angels
Being the time when sardines bloom into Angels
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Down and Out in Vientianne Laos
I have to say from the outset that I'm not overly fond of Vientiane. It is not the city I remember. It is very cosmopolitan, it is very hot and sticky and as a whole very unpleasant to me in a way that Luang Prabang wasn't. I have tried to come to terms with the heat without success. I have tried to come to terms with the arrangement of the place without success. I am just about ready to leave and hope that tomorrow will bring this about.
The cost of living is not high but then neither are the conditions. I went to the big market and was shocked how it had changed from the one Danny and I staggered around in 75.It is now a multi storey "mall" populated by electrical, jewellery and clothing stores. If you had a credit card and were sold on consumerism then it would be fine. It left me not cold but sweaty (the A/C couldn't cope). Today is Sunday and most things are not working. Tomorrow is Tet and I expect the same thing. This is a bummer because I may need to organise a bolt back home to Australia. My daughter is sick and I'm waiting for news that will allow me to decide to keep on traveling or bolt home. This also is not a good space to be in a town like this. It makes it even more depressing.
The issues with my daughter have been resolved for now so I'm in a much better position to move on. Watch this space for Tha Kheak. I'm back up there again.
The cost of living is not high but then neither are the conditions. I went to the big market and was shocked how it had changed from the one Danny and I staggered around in 75.It is now a multi storey "mall" populated by electrical, jewellery and clothing stores. If you had a credit card and were sold on consumerism then it would be fine. It left me not cold but sweaty (the A/C couldn't cope). Today is Sunday and most things are not working. Tomorrow is Tet and I expect the same thing. This is a bummer because I may need to organise a bolt back home to Australia. My daughter is sick and I'm waiting for news that will allow me to decide to keep on traveling or bolt home. This also is not a good space to be in a town like this. It makes it even more depressing.
The issues with my daughter have been resolved for now so I'm in a much better position to move on. Watch this space for Tha Kheak. I'm back up there again.
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
The frustrations of trying to upload photos on this bloody blog
For some while now I have been trying via data cable to upload photos to this blog. It is the most frustrating and annoying thing I have done in a long while. I have been using a blog loader app on the phone but it is slow and not at all reliable. I spend an hour uplaoding the photos press the print button and no go. I could just scream. Now with the bloody data cable it won't load onto the computer. I am beyond screaming and ready to beat my phone to death!!! i am hoping that by writing it out I will get some succour. maybe.....
Satdines move South. Being the trip from Muang Khua to Nong Khiaw. Some sardines got off at Muang Gnoi Nuea
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The trip to Muang Khua & the spawning of sardines
We see the bus where it all started and then the town where we grew into a shoal.
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