Well today we didn't really wake up very early... coz the mini van will be coming to pick us up at 8am. hahaha...
yeah today we'll be having a heavy day... hahaha... coz we'll be visiting the Pak Ou caves and also the waterfalls... and these 2 places are a little far from Luang Prabang...
as in Pak Ou caves is about 32km north of Luang Prabang and Tat Kuang Si is about 16km south of Luang Prabang. anyway we went to Pak Ou caves 1st. the driver dorve us to a village tat's called Pak Ou village. that village is the gateway to the Pak Ou caves. as we walked through the village, we saw many stalls selling the Vietnamese silk carves, cloths and also lots of Hmong accessories. u can say that the village is pretty colourful despite the Lao houses at the back. (because village houses in Laos are all brown in colour and they are made of wood, bamboo and either tin or attap leaves for their roofs) but because of the colourful carves, cloths and accessories that the villagers were selling, made their village very colourful.
then we boarded a boat (in fact its a sampan) which will steer us across to the caves. the boat ride was juz about a few minutes ride across the Mekong river. =D
Well, by now u'll be wondering what it Pak Ou caves all about when i kept mentioning the place but have not talk about the caves. Right, the caves is a place where u're able to see thousands of Buddha statues within the caves. Buddhas which had been made during the ancient times. Buddhas made of wood, carved from stone, metal etc.... and most of them are lined with gold leaves. but because of the dampness of the caves, some of the Buddha statues were 1/2 destroyed. the Laos people from nearby will come and visit the caves every Lao new year (tat's sometime in April) and some households will bring their Buddha statues to place there in the scared caves.
hahaha.... then my frens and i even took pictures of the toilet... coz they tot the toilet was interesting.. but hmmm... its not tat interesting as the toilets in Hanoi where there were no doors for each cubicle... =P
after the caves, we then went back to mainland where the driver drove us to a village that was selling wines... and i can say that these wines are very special.... hahaha... y special... take a look at the picture to find it out urself!! =P
yeah!!! inside all those wines u'll be able to find either snakes, scorpians or gekkos soaked inside the rice wine... hahaha... and the 5 of us tried some of the rice wine with different alcohol content (but dun have all these exotic animals inside lah... coz its a little too gross liaoz...but our driver told us that he drinks and eat them.... and its very gd for health... we juz laugh and shudder). and i can say that the wines were pretty potent and they really taste nice... coz i know, as my mum used to make rice wine and now my family often get homemade rice wine from my aunties.
after touring around the village, we head for Tat Kuang Si (Kuang Si waterfalls). as we knew that we were running low on cash, upon reaching the waterfalls, we counted money of how much each one of us have (coz we paid quite a bit using the Kipp for our tours and bus fares). hahaha... u can say tat we were a little pathetic... but it was interesting... hahaha... then when we ordered our lunch, i was constantly using the calculator to calculate how much would the lunch cost if we were to order those dishes and if we do have enough for lunch and entry fees.
but it was at this lunch that we managed to taste the Laos sticky rice and also their famous Laap (this is made up of minced pork with lots of tiny chilies... very nice but super hot) and papaya salad.
after lunch, we made our ascent to the waterfalls. it was a nice walk there after lunch... and the waterfalls were really very very beautiful.... hahaha... we snap quite a few photos.
and wanting to get to the top, we climbed up. wah... tat climb up to the top of the falls is really no joke manz... coz the terrain is very steep and rocky... and all of us (except toshiko) were wearing slippers or sandles as we want to go swimming at the waterfalls later... so u can say that our footwear is not correct... but we managed to make it. and yes... the views up there were terrific...and most of the time, we had to immerse our feet in the cooling waters... and its really great!!! hahaha.... its a wonderful sight tat treats u after the super difficult climb up!
after our snapping pictures, we went down for a swim in the 'swimming pools' nearby. wah lao eh... the waters were super super cold lor... and we were all contemplating whether we should swim or not... then keiko and toshiko were saying we may not come back again... and this maybe the once in a lifetime chance... so juz go for it... hahaha... it was great swimming in the waters... but nobuko was quite scared of the coldness of the waters... so 1/2 of the time i was encouraging her when she got into the waters... hahaha...but she din stay long... and she helped us to take some photos....
hahhaa... never will i imagine myself swimming in waters from the waterfall...coz u dun have these in s'pore...and neither have i done it before in my other trips... so u can say that it was pretty exhilarating for me and the other gals... and also very exciting!!! =D
after our 20min-1/2hr swim, we changed and piled into the car to head back to Luang Prabang town. and that night? hahahaha... we went shopping again!!! hiaz... coz we can't sleep too early mah.. must make full use of the whole day right??? and that night, toshiko, keiko & harumi tasted the Lao beer. But me and Nobuko made a pass (as we were under constipation) and said that we will drink it only tomorrow. and the both of us had herbal drink each. =D
yeah today we'll be having a heavy day... hahaha... coz we'll be visiting the Pak Ou caves and also the waterfalls... and these 2 places are a little far from Luang Prabang...
as in Pak Ou caves is about 32km north of Luang Prabang and Tat Kuang Si is about 16km south of Luang Prabang. anyway we went to Pak Ou caves 1st. the driver dorve us to a village tat's called Pak Ou village. that village is the gateway to the Pak Ou caves. as we walked through the village, we saw many stalls selling the Vietnamese silk carves, cloths and also lots of Hmong accessories. u can say that the village is pretty colourful despite the Lao houses at the back. (because village houses in Laos are all brown in colour and they are made of wood, bamboo and either tin or attap leaves for their roofs) but because of the colourful carves, cloths and accessories that the villagers were selling, made their village very colourful.
then we boarded a boat (in fact its a sampan) which will steer us across to the caves. the boat ride was juz about a few minutes ride across the Mekong river. =D
Well, by now u'll be wondering what it Pak Ou caves all about when i kept mentioning the place but have not talk about the caves. Right, the caves is a place where u're able to see thousands of Buddha statues within the caves. Buddhas which had been made during the ancient times. Buddhas made of wood, carved from stone, metal etc.... and most of them are lined with gold leaves. but because of the dampness of the caves, some of the Buddha statues were 1/2 destroyed. the Laos people from nearby will come and visit the caves every Lao new year (tat's sometime in April) and some households will bring their Buddha statues to place there in the scared caves.
hahaha.... then my frens and i even took pictures of the toilet... coz they tot the toilet was interesting.. but hmmm... its not tat interesting as the toilets in Hanoi where there were no doors for each cubicle... =P
after the caves, we then went back to mainland where the driver drove us to a village that was selling wines... and i can say that these wines are very special.... hahaha... y special... take a look at the picture to find it out urself!! =P
yeah!!! inside all those wines u'll be able to find either snakes, scorpians or gekkos soaked inside the rice wine... hahaha... and the 5 of us tried some of the rice wine with different alcohol content (but dun have all these exotic animals inside lah... coz its a little too gross liaoz...but our driver told us that he drinks and eat them.... and its very gd for health... we juz laugh and shudder). and i can say that the wines were pretty potent and they really taste nice... coz i know, as my mum used to make rice wine and now my family often get homemade rice wine from my aunties.
after touring around the village, we head for Tat Kuang Si (Kuang Si waterfalls). as we knew that we were running low on cash, upon reaching the waterfalls, we counted money of how much each one of us have (coz we paid quite a bit using the Kipp for our tours and bus fares). hahaha... u can say tat we were a little pathetic... but it was interesting... hahaha... then when we ordered our lunch, i was constantly using the calculator to calculate how much would the lunch cost if we were to order those dishes and if we do have enough for lunch and entry fees.
but it was at this lunch that we managed to taste the Laos sticky rice and also their famous Laap (this is made up of minced pork with lots of tiny chilies... very nice but super hot) and papaya salad.
after lunch, we made our ascent to the waterfalls. it was a nice walk there after lunch... and the waterfalls were really very very beautiful.... hahaha... we snap quite a few photos.
and wanting to get to the top, we climbed up. wah... tat climb up to the top of the falls is really no joke manz... coz the terrain is very steep and rocky... and all of us (except toshiko) were wearing slippers or sandles as we want to go swimming at the waterfalls later... so u can say that our footwear is not correct... but we managed to make it. and yes... the views up there were terrific...and most of the time, we had to immerse our feet in the cooling waters... and its really great!!! hahaha.... its a wonderful sight tat treats u after the super difficult climb up!
after our snapping pictures, we went down for a swim in the 'swimming pools' nearby. wah lao eh... the waters were super super cold lor... and we were all contemplating whether we should swim or not... then keiko and toshiko were saying we may not come back again... and this maybe the once in a lifetime chance... so juz go for it... hahaha... it was great swimming in the waters... but nobuko was quite scared of the coldness of the waters... so 1/2 of the time i was encouraging her when she got into the waters... hahaha...but she din stay long... and she helped us to take some photos....
hahhaa... never will i imagine myself swimming in waters from the waterfall...coz u dun have these in s'pore...and neither have i done it before in my other trips... so u can say that it was pretty exhilarating for me and the other gals... and also very exciting!!! =D
after our 20min-1/2hr swim, we changed and piled into the car to head back to Luang Prabang town. and that night? hahahaha... we went shopping again!!! hiaz... coz we can't sleep too early mah.. must make full use of the whole day right??? and that night, toshiko, keiko & harumi tasted the Lao beer. But me and Nobuko made a pass (as we were under constipation) and said that we will drink it only tomorrow. and the both of us had herbal drink each. =D
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