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Kathy described the landscape, the people, the life style,… when trekking in Phongsali. Read the entry to find out more.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Entry into Laos is like slipping into a cool, peaceful dream draped with green in every directions.  While of tourists raced down the Mekong in loud small speed boats and transport boats holding 50 people, I gathered a small group of 3 new friends (a Canadian, German, and Holland guy) and renting a 5 person leaky wooden boat we chugged our way up the swift current and occasional rapid of the Nam Thaw river (a tributary to the MeKong) towards the north of Laos.  That night we slugged our way up a muddy embankment to small native village and house built on stilts.  Sitting on the wooden floor in a circle, the Beer Lao flowed till we found fried mole crickets a delightful accompaniment to more familiar Lao Food.

After two days, engine churning through muddy water, tropical sun beating down from above, countless native village and smiling naked waving jungle babies, patches of slash and burn, subsistence agriculture, towering bamboo groves and primary forest we arrived in the small town of Nam Thaw – my new friends were off in many directions.
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