Hired a motorbike then off to some local waterfalls (the Kouang Si waterfalls)… Apparently the first bear to have neurosurgery  The tarmac was melting. The sand thrown over didn’t really do much   One coconut down… …a pile more to…

Wandering around Luang Prabang. More temples  More slow boats on the Mekong, this time from above  Climbing Mount Phousi you go through a Buddhist monastery. This monk was fishing for mangoes  Quite a few steps up   but lots of…

The view from the balcony at Pak Beng. Beautiful but good to leave  Boats moored up  This kid was sweet. This was his first taste of Candy Crush  I was hovering near the engine area to stretch my legs and…

Crossed the border at Friendship Bridge #4 between Thailand and Laos  Then onto the slow boat  Which is partly slow cos it’s a huge boat with a small engine bit also cos it drops / collects locals en route  And…