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| Don Det sunsets are wonderful!! |
After all that excitement with the cave, Jason and me headed way down south to the region of Si Phan Don, a collection of 4000 islands all positioned within the Mekong River and one in particular that is habitable called Don Det. Our tuk tuk journey down there was by far the most ridiculous yet.. We were crammed into it, surrounded by people, fish, ducks, pigs, rice and even furniture… Nothing suprises us anymore!!
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| Matt and Amy were cool |
The only good thing from this journey was that we had the pleasure of being squashed next to a couple from New Zealand, Matt and Amy who are geologists from Austrailia that were heading that way. They had the good sense to have bought cushions to sit on, while Jason and I had to switch position, where possible as our butts kept falling asleep!!
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| The boats we sailed to the isalnd on |
Reaching the lands end we boarded a boat and headed to the island passing a few of the islands on route.
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| Views on route to Don Det |
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| Shop and bars along the river bank of Don Det |
Don Det is the second largest island to Don Khong with the main attraction being rest and relaxation! With loads of hammocks everywhere and most of the bars having those cushions on the floor to relax on, it was hard not to! During the day people bathe and wash clothes in the river. The islands are home to water buffalo and rare Irrawaddy dolphins although Jay and I never saw any of the dolphins..boo who.
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| Our hut was the 4th along |
Our accommodation was a traditional Laos house – a house on stilts with bamboo walls and a thatched roof. A family run guesthouse with the most amazing views over the river. Our hut was right on the river bank of the Mekong from which we watched the most amazing sunsets from the leisure of our hammocks. And when the sun dropped, we were treated to a proper star show! Out here the stars are so big and bright!
Jason and I only had a short time here, so we spent it chilling out with Matt and Amy as we had one ‘mother’ of a journey to Vietnam ahead of us. Hanging out watching island life was quite enough for us!!!
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This lady was washing her hair in the river,
which later I found our clothes were washed in!! |
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| Water buffalo in the rice fields |
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| J chillin' out on our balcony |
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| Another beautiful sunset |
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| Little girls ploughing the field...so adorable! |
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| Our favourite brew! |
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| A fisherman casts his net upon the Mekong |
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| Us on the boat leaving Don Det |
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