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The Nam Ou carves an impressive path through the mountains of northern Laos.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
The main street of Nong Khiaw offers an odd blend of modern and traditional - thatch houses, satellite dishes, wooden carts and mobile phone card shops.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
When our boat finally reached Nong Khiaw, there were bundles of sticks on the shore that people were taking on their back or head up to the town.
This is the boat we took from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw along the Nam Ou River. It snugly fit about 12 people their backpacks. We were all sitting on remarkably tiny kindergarten style chairs - amusing for the first couple of hours, then the leg cramps set in...That said, the trip was terrific and worth every bit of discomfort. The scenery, including the landscape and people-scape, was impressive.Oh yeah, no bathrooms on board (obviously due to a severe shortage of space). When the boat finally made a pit stop (4 hours after launch), the urgency and pending relief was palpable. We haven't seen people move like that since the Black Friday release of the Cabbage Patch Kids.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
Laundry hangs out to dry along the Nam Ou River en route to Nong Khiaw from Luang Prabang.
Audrey hands out one of the Lao alphabet books we bought from the children's book publishing and literacy program, Big Brother Mouse. We noticed a school in the village, so we figured there were some literate kids somewhere. Based on their reactions, these kids had never seen a book before. Imagine that. They simply did not know what to make of it, nor what to do with it. Audrey opened it and started flipping the pages. The kids got a kick out of pointing at the pictures and saying the word in Lao. Lots of giggles. In the end, we left the book with a couple of boys a few years older who looked like they could make better use of it.Read more about the villages near Nong Khiaw, Laos and Big Brother Mouse.
One of the numerous herds of water buffalo relax along the Nam Ou riverside.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
Kids play on shore and wave to us as we putter on by up the Nam Ou.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
Water Buffalos Walking Along the Shore - En Route to Nong Khiaw
Our boat traveled in a pair, in part for safety reasons and primarily because they sold too many tickets and couldn't shoehorn everyone to fit in one boat.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
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If people are impatient, they can dry out the reeds by fire instead of letting them dry in the sun. How they manage to do this without burning their villages to the ground, we have no idea.Read more about the villages near Nong Khiaw, Laos.
No short supply of livestock in the mountains of Laos. This particular specimen didn't quite know what to do with us other than to pass us a perplexed look and take off up the mountain.Read more about the villages near Nong Khiaw, Laos.
This man was hollowing out bamboo and making perfectly formed sticks...all day long, from the moment we passed in the morning to the moment we returned in the afternoon. He had a great smile.Read more about the villages near Nong Khiaw, Laos.
A common scene throughout Southeast Asia - sun dried chillies and thatched roofs.
No, it's not a Kusterica movie...just a couple of kitties in a village-style not-so-still-life.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
The water was like glass during some parts of the river.
Looks like this little boat is returning from a market run.
More Water Lilies - Laos
Along the journey to Nong Khiaw, we saw groups of boys with masks on who apparently dive for their fish.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
Nam Ou River Scene - Laos
More landscape cuts from the Nam Ou river between Luang Prabang and Nong Khiaw.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
He didn't say much, but he got us through shallow water and up small rapids in our little rickety boat with impressive skill. Every now and then he'd stick his hand out and the other boat traveling aside us would come over and hand him a lighter to light his cigarette. Not a man of many words.Read more about this boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw.
Boats Stopped at a Village Shore - En Route to Nong Khiaw
