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Thailand & Laos June 2002
Bangkok, Thailand
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First beer in Khao San road |
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Phimai, Thailand
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Arriving in Phimai, we went out to eat |
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Yeah! Another temple picture |
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The BIG three of Phimai and... little me |
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Check out the mother three on the left |
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Checking out the rice fields |
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To eat you need to kill first... |
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Meal with Noi's family and a farmer family |
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The damn Germans beat S-Korea, but the food was good (the bowl on the left is crispy insects, yummy!) |
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Vientiane, Laos
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The driver got a flat tire, but still managed to get us to our (1st) destination |
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Until recently the largest Kip note was 5000 (= 50 cent). We changed about 3.5m Kip |
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Shower at the herbal sauna |
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Mekong river, Laos
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Nothing is like starting a long journey down the river with dry meat in dry baguettes. Yummy! |
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Time for some gasoline at the local station |
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Classic Laos picture. We had our lunch in the restaurant in the back |
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Kim and Noi enjoying the ride |
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Luang Prabang, Laos
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Arriving in Luang Prabang after spending about 9 hours in the boat |
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Some breakfast from the marked before we head out to the Buddha cave |
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The Lao Lao (= Laos alcohol) village |
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Kim tries the fortune sticks. I think he got "Have everything as need", while I got "Will marry soon"! |
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Beautiful scenery down the Mekong river |
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The tiger by the waterfall |
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This is what I call a WATERFALL |
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Natural pool at top level. You could jump from the three... |
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This picture would be perfect without the guy in the white shorts! (Yeah, it is me) |
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Another waterfall picture from the top level |
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Nice view over the valley from the pool |
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Relaxing with some fresh fruit juice after the climb down |
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Back on the speed boat towards Thailand |
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