Entrance to Pha That Luang

Pha That Luang

Gate of Triumph (with a red neon sign saying "Asean minister meeting: welcome to Laos")

Selling Bananas

Textile Factory

Tuk-tuks

Nami complaining "construction never finishes"

Minnie, with Beer Lao

Beautiful sunset at the Mekon River

On the way to Vang Vieng

Nami talking to the owner of the hotel. He worked for the Ministry of Agriculture before. Lao Minister of Education stayed next to us.

Beautiful Landscape from the hotel

Mainstreet of Vang Vieng

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We took a small (and unstable) boat to cross the river

Local kids swimming in the river

The amphibious truck we took

sitting together with local people

going into water

The truck stuck in the mud so we got off there

Still 5 min walk to the cave

Walking in muddy pools, climbing up a rocky hill, we finally reached our destination of the day. Tham Phu Kham cave.

sell "happy mushroom cake." Guess what the mushroom that makes you happy is.

Foreign backpackers watching "friends" at a restaurant

Great view in the next morning

Going up to Tham Jang Cave

Back in Vientiane, visiting temples