 Our journey through Laos begins with a 9 hour 4x4 truck drive over a very muddy red clay road to Luang Nam Tha. |
 Throw net fishing along the river outside of Vang Vieng |
 The road from Huay Xai to Luang Nam Tha looks like this. Road construction is ever present, there are no barriers preventing fall off the shoulder of the road and the entire road is through mountainious terrain on a very slippery, red clay road. |
 Our thoughts are continually diverted from the rough road conditions by the gorgeous landscape of rural Laos. |
 The few areas of level terrian are usually occupied by rice paddy mosiacs |
 Hilltribe villages were scattered throughout our journey to Luang Nam Tha |
 The landscape of northeast Laos |
 Another road obstacle high in the Lao mountains. Time to hold our breath. |
 Our road journey to Luang Nam Tha ends with a beautiful sunset. |
 Morning in Nong Khiaw before our river trip to Luang Prabang |
 We walk down to the boats in preparation for our trip down the Nam Ou and Mekong Rivers |
 Dramatic limestone peaks are present throughout this spectacular river trip |
 The Nam Ou river in northcentral Laos |
 Subsistance fishing along the shallow areas of the river is a repeated scene throughout the trip. |
 Paul waves and yells Sawbadee (hello) to kids along the river bank |
 Net fishing became more prevelent near the Mekong |
 A boat load of farangs head to Luang Prabang |
 Luang Prabang in the morning. Luang Prabang is a UNESCO World Hertigage city |
 The morning food market in Luang Prabang |
 The fresh produce is unbelievable |
 Carrol provides the Buddist monks with sticky rice in the early morning hours |
 The night market in Luang Prabang is the best we've encountered on our trip. |
 We really enjoyed watching the kids play the "flip flop" game on our street. |
 Luang Prabang is famous for the number of Buddhist Wats. |