Tsk tsk tsk. We've been bad about posting as of late, but I think we have a little bit of an excuse. Laos has been action packed, traveling by buses a lot, and wireless at times has been hard to come by. A GI bug finally caught up to me so that lay me down for a bit as well. Now we are set to blog about the highlights from our last week!
To get to Laos, we flew into Vientiane, the capital city and the country's major hub for those arriving by air. Despite being the capital, the city was for the most part calm without skyscrapers or highrises. Laos is after all still one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia, which would become more apparent as traveled further away from the cities. We quickly found our hotel and then headed down to the Mekong riverfront to wander the aisles of the vast night market. All sorts of items were being hawked - woven silks, Angry Bird t-shirts, crepes with psychedelic colored cream cheese - but we weren't very much in the mood for shopping just then.
So we hustled over to one of the best reviewed restaurants in town, Makphet, for some Laos cuisine. The restaurant is fancy and pricey by Laos standards (actually cheaper than a meal in the States), but the proceeds go toward supporting their cause: helping disadvantaged street children in Laos, including all of our servers and chefs-in-training. After a short wait for a table (due to its popularity), we got down to business and enjoyed some pretty tasty and high-end Laotian food. A good start to our tour of the country!
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| Pork and pumpkin stir fry |
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| Coconut curry with pork and noodles |
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| Fruity drink in SE Asia? Why not |
The next morning, after a quick breakfast, it was off to the airport for our short flight to Luang Namtha in the northwest portion of the country.
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| Heading to the airport. Tuk tuk is the preferred method of travel in Laos |
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