hello all,
went from Luang Prabang is now on a LocalBus to luang nam tah. We already knew that we had to bring a lot of patience, because for the track of not quite 300 km 9h estimated been. well, the trip went to item 9 clock (ie 9:20) going on. 5 minute drive to the bus stopped to fill up first as usual and then drove off. after another 5 minutes it was back and invited doors, making pottery, vcd player, 50kg sacks and and and on the roof and rows of seats ... that was really the hammer, the bus was crammed from top to bottom. the reason for this action was crass but this time a stranded bus on the other. Thus, about half of the traveling along with their matched eckes shipped from the broken bus in ours. This action is taken in good 2h reassure us that we always had each other .. eternal can wait to make a very real namely uschig! when it finally went off tormenting our bus north through the serpentine direction. was again noted that it is the female Asians are not really seaworthy. It was cheerfully broken and that with only moderate rocking.
the bergdoefer we saw from the bus were very simple, bamboo, stone and wooden huts. but not as poor as we are "accustomed" from Cambodia and Vietnam. electricity and water was almost everywhere accessible. many women and girls wore traditional things. but you have to imagine this: black dress, black blouse, and then with pink and other neon colors and embroidered trim. were hung everywhere then knotted long chain of the textile, which coins in counterfeit from a french 19Jh. well, quite nice in itself, but if we are any of you such a souvenir would bring, then we would certainly get pink leggins as revenge, or so! :) The Lao people are in their village landscape these things but wonderful. :)
in dark, cold (perhaps 5grad) arrived in luang nam tah we do not want to move more meters. we checked in the guest house at the bus station, and ate and drank only once was warm. Our clothes are for the weather were really borderline, since it will soon have to her thick jackets. :) Bus ride to the next to us there were still 2 more touristy, an older couple about 40 years from South Korea. the two are really sweet and sympathetic (we have bus trip to the Eternal slipped again little treats), but unfortunately they can be very bad English. we then have four people checked into the guesthouse at the bus station. the man has pretty well the Lao whiskey tilted, what with the temperatures, but was really cool. He threw some round and Martin was very good about it. We have talked with two more bad than good about Korea and the separation. there are so many families, the years since more than 50 have not seen. The two hope that there will be peace in their lifetime a reunion. But they think that it will be very awesome, because the differences are awesome. North Korea is much poorer than Cambodia. people starve and freeze to death. many are earning little more than 10 dollars a year. South Korea is because more dollars at 20,000. It was a very nice evening with the two. The next morning we joined the bus station and leave us in daylight, depending on the travel budget a nice looking hostel.
that you may understand why we freeze here this: luang nam tah is very very far in the north of Laos! 30km away from China, Myanmar and about 70km from 150km away from Thailand. Moreover, we are in the mountains, so quite a few meterchen above sea level. brrr, you do not believe as we do making the cold ready! the daily amplitude range from 5 degrees to 25! and yes, we have had more heat, so rare as less than 25 grad first we bought this big horse-hair socks on the market, offering products mainly from China. Luckily we had in Vientiane have been equipped with new jeans, because the linen trousers would no longer suffice.
us to warm up the evening we decided to go into the sauna. That was great! something similar to a steam sauna in Germany. We have sweated wonderful and we felt very well. this comforting feeling that we wanted to increase at a Lao massage, which was offered on the same site. .. You only treat nix;) .. yes that was really something. the little people already understand what their craft and have tackled properly, so there's only so knaxte. It was mostly pleasant, but occasionally very painful to the limit .. When the fingers with all the pressures in force with the thigh, back or deep in the inside attack .. yeah, because you learn to know his body again from scratch;) are unfortunately sad to say that we massage the total could enjoy only half as it was freezing cold. We were there only leciht clothed on the floor and crawled over our bodies nachtkaelte. heating's not here: (
completely mushy and frozen, we ran to the sauna-massage action and in our hostel .. or better the trucker descending when we were asleep namely, we were loud polarized awakened in the next room who had type completely drunk and.. ranked in the middle of the night through the area moebel yes, and to 4am we went from evil -.! determines the type puked for 2 hours in volume in a stark the toilet (at least we assume that he has not yet found). when he was ready to puke at last he got an extreme sneezing - provides 10 times the wall was shaking .. at this explosive discharge yes vs. 6am was then resting at last, he went to work. phew, that was ne night! .. We are aiming at the next first day as owls through the area ..
this morning, when we wanted to rent bicycles, pursued us suddenly a granny. they wanted to sell us jewelry - hand made of course from the villages of ethnic minorities. first, we rejected several times thanks. then got chrissi pity for the old woman who had only one tooth in his mouth and looked at us pleadingly all but pray what to buy. have the We then made. .. And when we wanted to go the woman whispered something to .. we have not only understood, so she repeated it again, so quietly and quickly, "opium, opium?" Ahhh .. no, we laughed and declined with thanks;) .. even obliquely, .. so ne oma as a drug dealer
the bike ride took us on gravel roads in many villages and waterfall into one. on this route, we had a nice encounter with fernando from Jamaica. he is really crude - the last 2 years on foot without shoes with a small ruecksack and a souvenir suitcase-rolling-road. He ran from Europe to South East Asia to India! Walking distance to everything! life .. his "normal" he has given up and is now on this spiritual trip, perhaps for good. he is nourished only by rice and orange asleep, somewhere in his hammock and washed in the flow. a genuinely nice and intelligent man. .. Well, things may look so different live.
it looks like we will get up tomorrow to Thailand, or at least move a little closer to the limit. in the last days we were not so sure this respect namely because of the current struggle in bangkok and the cast of "our" airport. We have bissl get anxious and worried us that there are problems with our return flight at 20.12. could give. but as it still almost 3 weeks to go, and thanks to info from felix, we have reassured us first and then will see if the time is ripe. We hope that everything will go well. Finally we want on time at 21.12. in the Dresden main station roll!
up to that makes you beautiful views huschelig by candlelight and mulled wine!
martin and Chrissi:)
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