We found a yummy restaurant at a guesthouse off a dirt path and discovered a delicious Lao dish: mint, lemongrass, and minced chicken with chilies, which was divine! We rolled it in lettuce leaves and savored every bite. Emma fell in love with sticky rice and perfected the art of rolling it into a ball and making various shapes before popping it into her mouth.
The famous "karst mountain formations" here aren’t quite as majestic as the ones we've seen in Yang shuo (Guilin), China; or the ones close to Hanoi at Ha Long Bay. But, we enjoyed them and loved hiking around and getting close to nature. The view from our guest house was also amazing since we were so close to them and right on the river.
We turned in a couple kilos of laundry to be washed while we were here. During our boat ride, we saw many women out by the banks of the lovely brown river washing clothes. We realized (and I couldn't help but giggle several times) that our laundry was probably undergoing the same process before being hung out in the sun to dry. Sure enough, when we retrieved our laundry, it smelled like it had done just that.
There was a school across the street from our bungalow and after school some kids would ride home on their bikes, others would go join the adults in the community garden (that's what it looked like to us), and others would take their little plastic baskets down to the river to wash. It was a nice little community. We were situated close to the outskirts of the city, which was nice.
On our way to our next destination, we were able to get some great photos of village life.
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