5th November 2013

Luang Prabang – Mekong River

Original houses along the Mekong river are gradually being converted with UNESCO guidelines to preserve their colonial look.

We take a trip on the Mekong to give us a feel for life on the river.

The terracing shows how high the Mekong rises in the wet season.  As it subsides, the banks of the river are cultivated with vegetables.

Sand barges are all along the Mekong

This is a fish farm

Our guide takes us to a local rice wine producing village

They put scorpions and snakes in the bottles – to give it strength! YUK!

The still

Bargaining for the price of the two small bottles, the Kip is 12,000 kip= 1 GBP

We buy them for 15,000 Kip!

Cotton weaving also takes place in the village

View from the cave we visit where so many unwanted Buddhas are lying