Luang Phrabang Lao, 2nd time around/march 2010

 

We arrived in to town early afternoon and started looking for accommodation and found a nice place called Sokidee ,the only trouble was that the first night we had to stay in there budget room which we christened the electric shock room! Water from upstairs shower  was running into our light socket!!!

We went out for the day and when we came back we were moved into there new room which was surperb,the best of the whole trip,we didn't want to leave.

We had the monks collecting there alms in the morning parading past our court yard.

We rode out to the waterfalls and saw the rescued bears,the water was to cold to go for a swim though

We took the bike on a ferry to the other side where there was a temple high on the hill,we had a rough track to get to it and not many tourists at all visited,it was very run down but in a way very peaceful and we just chilled out a bit and soaked in the atmosphere watching the river traffic that looked over to Luang Phrabang.

We bought a boat ticket to go and see the Pak Ou caves up river,the trip up river was spectacular and we stopped off at a whiskey village where we saw the whiskey distillery being made with large pottery jars.

We arrived at the caves which were busy but were very picturesque filled with centuries old buddas,there were some very cute children selling birds to be released and other little trinkets,we walked up the steep steps to the temple carved out of a cave the gates were very old

On the way back the guide had trouble with the boat ,he couldnt get the throttle to work from the steering wheel at the front so had to work the V8 engine from the back while i steered the boat,it was great fun and the rest of the passengers loved it too!

The next day we booked on a tour for a elephant trek and a bath afterwards,the mahout lead us through the bush and over to the over side of the river where we gave the elephant a bath in the deeper water,Chris went first and got abousutly soaked but she loved every minute of it!

Next off to Hanoi Vietnam

1977 xt500 restoration

My favorite bike when i was at school,owned a couple back in England,now these are vintage and getting more and more rare!
Decieded to strip the bike down for a resto project