There is something about islands that appeals to me... perhaps those bathed in sunshine over others, but when we decided to go back to Laos the 4000 Islands was on my hope to visit list. The 4000 Islands ( - not sure if there are actually 4000 as I didn't quite get round to counting them) are in the south of Laos a stones throw from the border with Cambodia. It took one of our much loved overnight buses, a daytime bus and a boat to make our way there...but it was definitely worth it!
We arrived early afternoon and having found ourselves a little place to stay and admired the view from the little restaurant we spent the afternoon walking along the dusty path around the edge or our island (Don Det). It only took a couple of hours and it was a great way to see island life. It is mostly agricultural and many of the fields were being harvested by hand!
Think we might have to stay here a little longer...
We arrived early afternoon and having found ourselves a little place to stay and admired the view from the little restaurant we spent the afternoon walking along the dusty path around the edge or our island (Don Det). It only took a couple of hours and it was a great way to see island life. It is mostly agricultural and many of the fields were being harvested by hand!
Having decided we should stay a while and enjoy life here we decided to go on a full day kayaking trip. The trip enabled us to take in the beauty of the islands from our 2 man canoe...is there a better way?!
After a rather good banana pancake breakfast we took to the water, paddling in the sunshine amongst the islands! I would like to tell you that we were perceived as pros, but sadly my one star kayaking award wasn't quite enough to help us avoid trees / almost capsizing! However, we managed to remain mostly dry and were even able to spot the rare Irrawaddy dolphins before our lunch in Cambodia.
Also included in our day trip was a visit to Khone Phapheng Falls, apparently Asia's largest falls?! Pretty impressive, although definitely glad I wasn't kayaking down them!
As the sun began to drop low in the sky we paddled our way back across the water and made it back to our little place in time to watch the sunset - tough day!
After a rather good banana pancake breakfast we took to the water, paddling in the sunshine amongst the islands! I would like to tell you that we were perceived as pros, but sadly my one star kayaking award wasn't quite enough to help us avoid trees / almost capsizing! However, we managed to remain mostly dry and were even able to spot the rare Irrawaddy dolphins before our lunch in Cambodia.
Also included in our day trip was a visit to Khone Phapheng Falls, apparently Asia's largest falls?! Pretty impressive, although definitely glad I wasn't kayaking down them!
As the sun began to drop low in the sky we paddled our way back across the water and made it back to our little place in time to watch the sunset - tough day!
Think we might have to stay here a little longer...
One word. . . . Jealous x x x
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