The guest house we stayed at in Sam Nuea was like many buildings in the cities: built in a kind of old colonial style even if the building is not that old.
The original plan for the day was to make it all the way to Phonsavan, over 200km. However the road, while paved, was a very winding mountainous road with steep up and down, up and down. It was also pouring rain for much of the day, and actually kind of cold up in the mountians. So we made it less than 100km and stopped at a small town called Sop Lao, by the Nameun river, which had a guest house.
On the way we passed more ethnic minority villages, up on mountain and covered in mist and the rain.
When we arrived at Sop Lau we first stopped for lunch. I saw a girl at the restaurant making what was called a 'Cafe Lao', so I ordered one myself. It's basically coffee with condensed milk and lots of sugar.
The original plan for the day was to make it all the way to Phonsavan, over 200km. However the road, while paved, was a very winding mountainous road with steep up and down, up and down. It was also pouring rain for much of the day, and actually kind of cold up in the mountians. So we made it less than 100km and stopped at a small town called Sop Lao, by the Nameun river, which had a guest house.
On the way we passed more ethnic minority villages, up on mountain and covered in mist and the rain.
In this part of the country, rather than harvesting rice, they are planting seedlings in the paddies. It seems that the whole community gets involved.
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