Last night we went out to fetch some grub from the dozens of street vendors who lined the streets of Luang Prabang's World Heritage district. You name it, it was there; barbaqued baby bat, roasted chicken fetus, two foot long saugaes dripping greese from only the butcher knows what kind of animal. Being omnivores as we are, but usually tending to opt for the 'safest' looking option rather then the 'tastiest' (the two foot long saucage was making my mouth water) we went with a few vegatable dishes. Curied vegatables with tofu, spicy steemed greens, veggie spring rolls, two orders of sticky rice, a slice of pumpking cake and a slice of coconut cake; the total came to just two dollars. Brought it all back to our hotel, sat down in the late evening head and dug in. Everything was amazing, the spring rolls were up there with the best ever.
This afternoon i'm lying in bed, writing this email on a scrap of paper in the back of our Laos guide book as i'm afraid to venture more then a few meters from the toilet. Lets just say the two dollar street food didn't sit so well, like didn't sit so well 30 trips to the bathroom.
Earlier this morning i was feeling ready to go so Rachael and I went for a little stroll. 10 blocks down the street i realized my folly and had to power waddle back to the hotel as fast as i could and only just bairly made it.
Our last motorbike adventure in Vietnam was so incrediable we've decided to do it all over again here in Laos. Our plan was to arrive in Vientatine (the capital of Laos) find two 125 motorbikes identical to the ones in Vietnam and head off. Only after a morning of searching we were commin up empty handed. It was either 100cc motorbikes that wouldn't have enough guts and wern't equiped with frames for our packs anyways or 250cc Honda Baja dirt bikes. Will and i both loved the idea of the Bajas, a rally maching ready for highway travel, river crossing or dirt jumping. But there was no way the ladies would be comfortable on back for an hour let alone 14 days.
Then we found 'Jules Classic Motorbike Rentals', two Honda 223JTR's, a cross between a road and a dirt bike, with a long seet and a frame for packs and plenty of guts for the mountains. OOOhhh Laos look out here we come.
The plan: be ready to leave the next day at 12pm, pick up the bikes and hit the road for a leisurly 2 hour trip north to Vang Vien.
Reality: Pick up the bikes at 2pm don't leave until 3pm and discover it really a 5 hour trip. We arrived at 8 in complete darkness which in itself wouldn't have been scarry as the bikes have powerful headlights, but there just happen to be rough sections of road, water buffalo in the road and millions of marble sized bugs smashing you in the face.
We made it a little tired but safely.
Here are some more photos
Love US!!!!!!!!!!
This afternoon i'm lying in bed, writing this email on a scrap of paper in the back of our Laos guide book as i'm afraid to venture more then a few meters from the toilet. Lets just say the two dollar street food didn't sit so well, like didn't sit so well 30 trips to the bathroom.
Earlier this morning i was feeling ready to go so Rachael and I went for a little stroll. 10 blocks down the street i realized my folly and had to power waddle back to the hotel as fast as i could and only just bairly made it.
Our last motorbike adventure in Vietnam was so incrediable we've decided to do it all over again here in Laos. Our plan was to arrive in Vientatine (the capital of Laos) find two 125 motorbikes identical to the ones in Vietnam and head off. Only after a morning of searching we were commin up empty handed. It was either 100cc motorbikes that wouldn't have enough guts and wern't equiped with frames for our packs anyways or 250cc Honda Baja dirt bikes. Will and i both loved the idea of the Bajas, a rally maching ready for highway travel, river crossing or dirt jumping. But there was no way the ladies would be comfortable on back for an hour let alone 14 days.
Then we found 'Jules Classic Motorbike Rentals', two Honda 223JTR's, a cross between a road and a dirt bike, with a long seet and a frame for packs and plenty of guts for the mountains. OOOhhh Laos look out here we come.
The plan: be ready to leave the next day at 12pm, pick up the bikes and hit the road for a leisurly 2 hour trip north to Vang Vien.
Reality: Pick up the bikes at 2pm don't leave until 3pm and discover it really a 5 hour trip. We arrived at 8 in complete darkness which in itself wouldn't have been scarry as the bikes have powerful headlights, but there just happen to be rough sections of road, water buffalo in the road and millions of marble sized bugs smashing you in the face.
We made it a little tired but safely.
Here are some more photos
Love US!!!!!!!!!!
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