4 Thousand Islands!

Whew, what a day! It started with a bus trip to the 4 thousand islands (southern laos). I was traveling with Kristy the Aussie. Our bus was full of other farang....some going to the islands, some going to Cambodia. After a few hours, Kristy went to the driver to ask how much longer because she had to go to the toilet. Here's what she came back to me with:

Kristy: the driver just said the strangest thing
Me: yeah?
Kristy: yeah. He said we were 2 kilometers from the border...

As in the Cambodia border! So that started a full conversation between us to figure out if we were on the right bus. We couldn't do anything else but wait it out. A few minutes later...we were at the border. But no worries, just the cambodia group got off...the rest of us were to continue on to the islands. Whew!

Once at the stop for the ferry, we exchanged our passes for the boat tickets and got on the "ferry". It was smaller than a longtail boat, and sat 2 people wide, and 4 people long. We drifted over to Don Det and then hopped off and ventured for lunch....which I had  BAGUETTE sandwich. Yes, I had bread! Fresh, toasted, not-sweetened bread. Oh how I've missed you! (Fresh bread is hard to find in Thailand).

After lunch, and finding a bungalow, we scooped up some bicycles and headed out!

We did the perimeter of Don Det, and saw tons of pigs, chickens, buffalos, and fat cows. We cycled along the mekong river past bungalows, rice paddies, and laos homes. Then we crossed the old train bridge from WWII and explored Don Khong. Both islands are around 4kilometers in perimeter.

Once back on Don Det, we headed to the west side of the island and sat down to dinner on the river....and stayed through to watch the gorgeous sunset. The orange and blue hues, and the quietness around us was so relaxing, and a great way to end the day.

Sabaidee!
Apes :)

PS. Since I'm typing this on the go from my phone, I don't have any pix. I'll try to remember to upload some to the posts, or take some with my camera to attach.