Im sure my constantly aching stomach and being unable to eat so I was a moany bastard soured the experience a bit, but these were two of the most miserable places we've seen. Apparently the less tourists the more friendly the locals, we disagree. We could have easily been in Kazakhstan.
What looks like a disco bus was our sleeping bus we spent a lovely 12 hours on unable to lie straight, I slept like a murderer. While the town wasn't beautiful it was a goof place to learn a bit more about the places history. We visited the plane of jars which is dotted with stone jars over 2000 years old. Some think they're burial earns while legends say giants used them to brew wine. The plane itself is dotted with craters and you have to walk within the MAG markers so we don't get blown up. The place was a battlefield for years while the highlanders trained and funded by the CIA (without the knowledge of congress) fought the communist Pathet Lao. In Xam Neua we visited the caves that the Pathet Lao leaders lived in during the war so both places are covered in craters. Farmers cant farm and roads cant be built because of the unexploaded bombs so we did feel a bit bad about bitching about the towns, at least theyve got good reason to be shit. Nonetheless we couldn't wait for the potential civilisation of Hanoi.
Well my lovelies you are experiencing all that travel can afford - the highs and the lows !!
ReplyDeleteTake care of yourselves, keep avoiding the hookers and sort out your feet !!!!!
All my love
Mum/Liz xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh god, you are not selling this to me guys :) And I'm glad I didn't know you were picking your way through a bomb site until after you left!
ReplyDeleteI suppose seeing this kind of thing really opens your eyes, makes you appreciate the beauty you see elsewhere ....... and I don't mean the classy ladies Dale :)
Here's hoping your next stop, and tummies, improve (get 24hrs on just flat coke to sort yourselves out)
Love and kisses from us all xx