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Laos_Mekong - Luang Prabang1_12-16_06_02

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Leaving Thailand. Actually I've already left, this is looking back up the hill from Laos.

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Laos_Mekong - Luang Prabang1_12-16_06_01

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The fog on the Mekong lifting at dawn. For more about the Mekong head over to luxagraf.

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Laos_Mekong - Luang Prabang1_12-16_06_03

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It's a two day boat ride from Chang Khong Thailand to Luang Prabang with an overnight stop in Pak Beng. A whole lotta river. Which is why the accompanying piece on luxagraf borrows its title from Edward Abbey: Down The River.

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Everywhere we stopped along the Mekong, all the local children would come out to say hi.

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Sunset over the Mekong from Luang Prabang

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Temples in Luang Prabang

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uh. okay.

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Yes, really a tiger, which are even bigger and scarier than you think they are.

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The water has some mineral in it, or in the silt anyway that gives it the color. Just like the lakes in Canada if I'm not mistaken.

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Down The River.

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The tree from which we spent the afternoon jumping into the water.

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Robin, who I was traveling with at the time, and I had the bright idea to hike up to the top of the waterfall, where there was... pretty much nothing. You can read more Down The River on luxagraf.

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Out of order.

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Real green rice paddies, the first one I saw in Asia.

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A cool temple in Luang Prabang. Read about Luang Prabang: Down The River.

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The long and involved process of making sticky rice.

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