Definitely one of our fave places so far!! Aside from the fact that we woke up today and it was 
MONSOONING outside (see picture...notice the friends on tv)...for a good 7 hours? So we decided we'd write another blog! We're going to include some more pics of us on the river, and some of the cute little town so you can see it. We also put in a pic of a fruit stand at the mini market here...take a look at the kind of fruit we eat!! Dragon fruit...and that's about all I know in english! We get them 
in fruit salads and most of them taste great...the only one to watch out for is the one on the far end with the yellow spikes. Yesterday we rented some tubes and did some floating down the river...actually it's more like bar hopping using a tube :) It's pretty much the main attraction here, and you have to at least do it once if you visit. You float down and stop off at little bar
s on the side of the river (see LH enjoying her tube..and an oreo:)). They have ropes and long bamboo sticks to reach you as you float by, OR if you miss that, they just come swimming after you. You go in, have a drink, do a zip line or a swing into the river and then on to the next one! At some of the bigger bars, there is beach volleyball (LT loved this :)) and hackey sack with a ball. The zip lines and swings get bigger as you go, and you should all know that LH d
efinitely went off one of the biggest ones. We pretty much just ushered her up there so she didn't have time to think about what she was doing. Fun times though! Check out LT on one in the pic! Today, due to a rain out, we ate some breakfast, and watched about 3 hrs worth of friends at our cafe (see pic)...ugh. I think we're both good for our friends fix until we get home. We also decided to have a Lao massage...which was way overdue, and actually recognized some of the moves from our thai massage cour
se! But $3 is great for an hour massage anywhere. Tomorrow we're off to Luang Prabang, which is about 6 hours from here on the bus...don't worry..we booked VIP!!! We're there for a few days before we FLY to Hanoi!! Until then...
Love L and L
Love L and L
2 comments:
Hi Girls - I hope you have better weather in Luangprabang, although it probably gave you some rest time. The river trip looks like fun. What is the water like - warm/cold? clean/dirty? fast/slow flowing? The massage sounds like a great idea. Do you meet many other tourists doing these activities?
Love Mom
Hi Gals
i have caught up on all your travels now! I am jealous - what an adventure and a great time - things to talk about forever. You sound like you a being safe but still going for it:)I know you are eating a lot of friut and from the blog of the river floats lots of beverages:) but how is the food?
Have you got some neat pics of the terraces for the rice? Lots of love AHH KHAA
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