Goodbye, Jesse; Hello, Laos and Thailand

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Welcome to Visit Laos Year 1999 - 2000 The typical Laos scene: crowds of backpackers. Kinda like the Temple of Heaven

Ferry crossing into Laos.. Reminiscent of the Samye Ferry

The twelve hour painful but beautiful truck ride from hell..

Visiting the hill tribes around Muang Sing by bike.

Muang Sing was the opium center of Laos. Here if you look carefully you can see guards being bribed to let some contraband through...

Electricity from 6:30-9:30 only. Cards by candlelight! (Obviously no hot water anywhere, anyone want to guess how often I bathed?)

Another twelve hour ride from hell, but this one was more exciting... our drunk driver ditched us a few times.

A two day, twelve hour boat ride from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang through hell...

Our mechanic, the boat was leaking...

Wild Jungle!

David and Gillian at THE Lao National Park. Loei, Thailand

Phukradung National Park.

Man eatting deer in Phukradung National Park. It wouldn't let me leave my tent even though I really had to peepee.

Leech powder around the tent... otherwise they eat you.

The cool dudes that cooked for me in Phukradung National Park.

They also serenaded me all night long.

me

For 10 Baht a kilo, these guys would carry anything up the mountain... I could have gotten carried for $20. (Bonus points if you figure out how much I weigh in lbs)

I, however, did not want to be babied so I carried everything myself much to the amusement of the Thais.

Neng in Phurua National Park

A couple of the guys from The Friendship Guesthouse in Loei, the coolest place in Thailand.

Some offroad biking around Loei!!

Up to this amazing, deserted mountain pond for a swim.

Mr. Dum, from the Friendship Guesthouse, was so cool, he took me out to the Thai vacation spot with the rest of his family.

Swimming, relaxing and delicious food on a FLOATING HOUSE!!!