Saturday, June 09, 2007

Loads of Pictures!

Well, we are now in Laos. And it is HOT here. You just sweat constantly. All day, all night. We are going to head a bit higher to coffee country for the next few days to try to escape the heat.

And yeah, maybe we haven't put up pictures in a while. But this should make up for it. I tried to follow Tara's last post but there is some random stuff in here as well.

Hoi An: At the tailors. This lady was amazing.

Hoi An: Also an amazing lady - Ty taught us to cook some Vietnamese food.

Saigon: Touring the Viet-Cong tunnels

Saigon: Just me, some army dude, and an AK-47...


Saigon: They had to widen these tunnels substantially for foreigners... but there was still no way I was going down there.

Mekong Delta: I left for 20 minutes and some snake was putting the moves on Tara

Mekong Delta: This is the dinner with the Icelandic couple... "udder"ly disgusting?

Good times in Phnom Penh

Sad times in Phnom Penh


There was a pagoda filled with thousands of skulls, all victims of just one Khmer Rouge death camp.

And some happier times:
Angkor Temples: So many massive temples... so few tourists

Some of the temples were being reclaimed by the jungle

Kratie: We had arranged to be driven to the next town in a pickup truck. We bought the whole front of the cab in advance so we'd have enough space (ordinarily they would put 6 people in 4 seats). This is what we found when they picked us up.

Ban Lung: It was so hot here we went swimming in an old volcano to cool off.

Welcome to Laos!

Don Det: Our first stop in Laos. 1 room on stilts + 2 hammocks + 1 gas lamp = 1$


Well, we are off for a few days to coffee country, supposedly the best in the world is grown in this region.

Hope everyone is doing well.