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Chris and Charly's Passage through SE Asia

a travel blog by chrischarly

This passage will be our longest one and it will be during our time in SE Asia visiting Malaysia, The Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, proabaly in this order before flying to Australia towards the end of September. Unfortunately we've run out of time to go to Burma and Vietnam... maybe next time!
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Waterfalls

Tad Lo, Laos


First sighting of the waterfall

To the waterfall....

Feeling bad about doing nothing for a few days the 4 of us planned to go on a 4km walk to a big Waterfall, the weather was hot so we took it slow. We walked 3km to the village nearby and stopped for refreshments. After this some local kids decided to guide us to the base of the falls.


The water pump

The local bath

We started off on a slippery mud track that soon got hilly and very slippy. Henry and Anya had flip-flops but soon discarded them for bare feet. We had our trainers on but to no avail as once they were clogged up with mud it was like skating.


Chris drenched with sweat

Sweaty and exhausted

We made it nearly all the way there and gave up, the barefoot Germans did the last stretch and then we all walked back in heavy rain and two rainbows.


2 rainbows

At the base of the waterfall

After a shower we went for another yummy dinner and some beers.

permalink written by  chrischarly on August 12, 2011 from Tad Lo, Laos
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Last day in Tad Lo

Tad Lo, Laos


Locals fishing

Along the river


In the rice paddies

Our hut


A local village

The steps to our place

Well it's our last day today in Tad Lo and the 4 of us decided we would do what we do best and do nothing. Just chill, play some games, have a few beers and watch the world go by before helping cook dinner at night.

permalink written by  chrischarly on August 13, 2011 from Tad Lo, Laos
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To the 4000 islands

Ban Dondet, Laos


The tractor
We left our guesthouse in the back of a tractor to the bus stop and then caught a bus to Pakse. It was really easy and not much waiting around and the bus moved surprisingly quick. When we got to Pakse we then caught a huge tuk tuk to Ban Nakasang.

Climbing on the tuk tuk
It was supposed to take about 3 hours but with the speed we travelled we made it in 2. We got dropped off right where the boats left and it was just a quick boat ride to Don Det.

Inside our big tuk tuk
Chris unfortunately banged his head on the top of the boat and took a small chunk out of his head but managed to be brave about it. :)

On the boat ride over
We found acomodation for so cheap it was ridiculous, quite possibly the cheapest we've had yet at £1.70 a night, but it was very basic, just a shack, with nothing but a bed, but with great views of sunset and the River. So we chilled in a hammock for a few hours before we went and found some food at 7:30pm as we hadn't eaten for the day and were starving!

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A catch-up day...

Ban Dondet, Laos


A massive tree

Sunset from our balcony
Not much to say today... just tried for hours upon hours of catching up with this blog but only managed to waste time as the internet is so slow even in internet cafes here on Don Det.

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Rain rain go away

Ban Dondet, Laos


Raining so hard you couldn't see

Raining so hard

Busy day of achieving not a lot due to the rubbish weather. We need an umbrella...

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Lazy day again...

Ban Dondet, Laos


Loving the hammock!

Chillaxing


Small kid trying to get back on his bike

Sunset from our balcony


Sunset in the bar

End of sunset- strange colours

Henry and Anya were planning to go for a bike ride to the other Island but only made it as far as their hammocks, another one of those days! We, once angain, enjoyed a day chilling and having a few beers with them before they depart to Cambodia.

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Bye Henry and Anya...

Ban Dondet, Laos


Chris fishing

Fishing from a hammock


Chris happy

Chris' HUGE fish


The curry was even too spicy for Chris!!!
Henry and Anya left today to head to Cambodia. We surprised ourselves by managing to get up early to say goodbye to them! Impossible to do a lot today due to the terrential rain that didn't let up all day, so we instead drowned our sorrows in a bar, and once again had an Indian! :)

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Stupid rain...

Ban Dondet, Laos


Tiniest kitten in the world

Small kid trying to get back on his bike

Stupid rain...

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An expedition...

Ban Dondet, Laos


Leading the way...
We awoke to sunshine so decided it was time to stop chilling and go on an expedition. Charly nominated herself as expedition leader (EL) and chose the mode of transport as foot, the other option being bicycle. Our itinerary was to walk down the sunset side of Don Det then cross the bridge to Don Khon to see the waterfalls.

The bridge to the other island
We sunscreened up and set off along the track that follows the riverside, although the sun had dried out most of the mud, we soon found ourselves up against a small lake where once was a path.

2 fishing boats
Our fearless EL, went off in to the bush to create a new path around this obstacle. I followed on behind, unworthy……

Trying to avoid the mud
We soon had crossed several obstacles including a large slab of beef and had reached the end of the path along the water. We decided to ask a local guy who strangely offered us a massage (in the middle of nowhere) and then once we declined he asked our ages.

Ducks
Our form of communication was to write in the dirt and we soon learned that this very athletic local guy was 62?! We gave over our ages and he then drew a large clock type thing in the sand and proceeded to tell our fortune. Amused by this we were until he wrote down 10,000Kip or $1. We politely excused ourselves from Mystic Meg and headed inland to find the main road.

Oops
I was quickly reminded of the fact that I was just a lowly “expedition reporter” as I lead us down a path through the rice paddy to a dead end. Under a dark cloud cast by EL we headed back to the junction and took the other choice.

2 Local kids fishing out of a big pond
A little way along we found an old bridge and could see the road, but the paddy had flooded across the road and it was a rather large lake. Whilst EL made her strategy of attack we were joined by Meg who gestured for us to follow him across the lake. We de-shoed and EL headed off guided by Meg and I hung back to watch and enjoy.

An outside oven
I was pretty sure they were going through a deep section when Meg pointed to the water were EL should place her foot. She placed it down, and then down further and further until, oops, there she goes straight in up to her waist.

A bull in our way
Meg dragged her out and once again I had let down the expedition by not having the camera to hand, and by laughing too much to get it.

Locals boys leading a bull
I made my own route and made it through only shins wet, EL was covered in mud and wet. No problem, Meg led us to a nearby guesthouse and took EL to the back. EL came back looking violated, after apparently Meg was very, maybe too keen to give her bum a good wash with hands and hose.

Me after I'd just fallen in
This concluded our expedition and after a short break we walked, EL squelched back to the guesthouse and a nice shower……………………..



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Messy night...

Ban Dondet, Laos


Road repair?!
Last day in Don Det today after spending 8 days here. It was nice just spending a while in one place and not travelling continuously so the chances are we will forget how to do it! The reason why we spent so long here was that we couldn’t Enter Cambodia any earlier or we would over-stay our visa before making our way back to KL to fly to Australia.

Just before the cat weed&stained my trousers
We went for a nice walk around again in the baking heat, of course a nice change to rain, but wow, it was hot!

Scary-looking clouds
In the evening we went to Adam’s bar expecting to watch a film there and have a quick drink before calling it an early night. This however, didn’t happen.

Adam's bum
When we turned up, Adam,

Adam dancing on bar
the owner and his friend John had been on a heavy session all day and invited us to join them, involving many shots of vile local whisky and many beers. Not sure when we stumbled home, but it was a great night and we didn’t even spend a Penny as Adam was adamant he was paying! Bonus!

permalink written by  chrischarly on August 21, 2011 from Ban Dondet, Laos
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