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Our diggs in Luang Probang, Laos - The Sayo Naga Guest House. Our room straight ahead; 20 bucks a night. http://sayoguesthouse.free.fr/
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The Joma Cafe and Bakery. Great for breakfast.
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Rental bikes are everywhere.
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Fresh fruit is available everywhere too. Lychees at centre left and dragonfruit at upper right.
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I like my lychees
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Pork belly - a fovourite in SE Asia.
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Tuk-tuks - two Laos versions. Laos, Thailand and Cambodia have distinct types.
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The Chinese single speed city bikes get you around. They feature a very upright riding position with easy step through and chain guards but I'll stick with my hybrid.
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The Flying Pigeon is the iconic Chinese bicycle. http://feigebike.en.made-in-china.com/ This make looks like a clone.
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Wat Saen with golden stupa.
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The Mekong River
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Bikes parked while taking lunch in the shade beside the Mekong.
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These bikes use an expanding drum brake in back and a caliper one in front. I wondered why until the front one got wet and ceased to function.
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A Christmas tree along the tropics.
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Curbside restaurant nicely turned out. Park your bike at the curb and slide in to a table.
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Generator set for light.
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Checking out our rides.
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Mekong River.
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Laos Airlines seems to be the exclusive carrier in Laos flying these French ATRs. We came in this way from Chiang Mai.
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View of the Mekong from a curbside eatery.
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The restaurant kitchen was minimal but put out good food.
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Very relaxed and informal dining.
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"Facilities" across the street.
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One of many guesthouses.
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Street chicken shares some dropped morsels with her chicks.
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Food vendors are everywhere.
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In Laos they ride on the right.
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Wat Sensoukharam
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Woman on the right, tall or not.
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Minimal kitchen facilities. We just had fruit drinks made in those blenders.
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Sharing a largecold Beer Lao on a warm afternoon; $1 a bottle.
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It all works. Use the hose on right in lieu of paper.
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A Songthaew or "jumbo" share taxie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songthaew
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Riverboats of the Mekong.
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Above the clouds on the bus to Vietiane. Notice the road below. Our son biked this 400Km moutainous route two years before.
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