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Thomas's go! |
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We started out with a few of us playing drinking games... |
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Cards on head... |
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Thomas's note |
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Sunset - Luang Phabang |
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Thomas and I traveled about Laos together for a bit, he was a cool guy but couldn't play this game for shit! |
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... and then some others joined us for a new game. |
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We made it up as went along, but I remember it being a belter! |
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Thomas was Norwegian and obviously homesick - "I've gone to the Scandinavian bakery, I was a little home sick" |
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The sunset from a riverside restaurant |
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Rush hour on Luang Phabang High Street! |
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The bus from Luang Phabang to Phonsavan |
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The Laos people didn't waste the scrap metal that rained on their heads in the Vietnam war (yes the US did bomb Laos also) |
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A bomb crater - Laos |
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Plain of Jars - Site A |
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Luang Phabang is full of temples and monks. It's a World Heritage Site. |
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Only 9 and half hours on this bad boy... oh yeah complete with armed guard, just in case... |
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Our hostel's front room was full of rusting cases, bullets, shells, rocket launchers... |
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Just by the Plain of Jars, Site A |
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The Plain of Jars are several fields full of funeral / whisky(/wine) brewing pots that have been there for centuries and now one knows why! |
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Close up of a square shaped jar |
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Jars! |
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Close up of man on jar |
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Jar with a lid |
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Site A from the hillside |
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Most of the lids have not survived |
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If you look carefully you'll spot the carving of a man fueling the argument that they are funeral urns. |
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This gives an idea of just how many jars there are! |
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Nearby cave at Site A |
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Entrance to the cave |
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Entrance to the cave 2 |
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Me with the jars - Site B |
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Inside a jar |
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Which many people believe was the kiln for the jars. The holes are in the ceiling and were chimneys! |
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Forces hid here during the Vietnam war also |
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This gives a good idea of the size of the jars |
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The joke with the guides is that only the Europeans are tall enough to see what is in the jar (we haven't bothered to tell them there isn't anything...) |
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