Vientiane, luang prabang, vang vieng.

[malmomike77]

there tempting me with the happy brownies,I'm damn tempted

two words - furniture skate

[DrWilly]

Does the missus still want to join the temple for a week or so?

[Backspin]

So the entire fuckking country is inland then, innit.

Anywhere along the red line aint that in land. But yes. SE Asia 101, Laos is landlocked. Who tf doesn't know that

[reinvented]

did the LP to VT trip in the back row of a tobacco truck in 98'ish. 13 hours around that big pointy mountain. locals squatting in the street evry chance thye got.
dont think my posture has ever recovered

[BLD]

Does the missus still want to join the temple for a week or so?

She hasn't mentioned it and neither will i

[panama hat]

Anywhere along the red line aint that in land

Is the red line a mountain range? A river?

Amazing, I'd never noted it before.

[Norton]

A river?

The Mekong without the bendy bits.

[helge]

Is the red line a mountain range? A river?

Amazing, I'd never noted it before.

The Ho Chi Minh path

You're welcome

[BLD]

I'm posting from my phone so the pics are going be small

[BLD]

As usually the banana rotis are still available

[Edmond]

banana rotis

While delicious, I always thought that if the bananas were soaked in armagnac, it would really add depth and flavour of the experience.


Eaten under a bedsheet, optional.

[panama hat]

The Ho Chi Minh path

You're welcome

You'd think that red path would stick out lie dog balls . . . all straight and red. (and inland)

[helge]

You'd think that red path would stick out lie dog balls

Yes but red goes well with ...Orange !


(get it ? )

[DrWilly]

Yes but red goes well with ...Orange !


(get it ? )

Jeeeesus. That’s more tenuous and less funny than my 6year old sons made up dad jokes attempts.

[BLD]

My old mum had died 3 years ago and we were on our way back to Australia to live there but she died about 3 hours before we arrived so we didn't get to say goodbye. My wife suggested we put half her ashes in the Mekong and the other half to Scotland to join my dads ashes, mum loved Lao and had visited a few times
So that's what we done

[BLD]

Chartered a long tail, bought some beers and set of down the mekong

[BLD]

[BLD]

[BLD]

Mums ashes had been stuck in Australia for 3 years because of covid so it was a big relief to send her on her way down the mighty mekong , it seemed to give Mrs bld a bit of joy to give my old mum a very Lao send of , she was close with my mum

[katie23]

^I'm glad that Mrs BLD was able to do that for your mom.

Q1: how's your Mrs now? Is her condition better?

Q2: did you have to get a special permit to bring your mom's ashes to Laos? I know that in PH, there should be a permit, else the airline won't allow transport.

[BLD]

We were only in Lao for a month and in light of my wife's recent health problems I was finding it hard to relax at first but I needn't of worried her friends and family were a huge boost . We also got lucky because our tenant had decided to move out earlier than planned so we were able to move into our house and save a few bucks

It's fully furnished and has a pool which my kids took full advantage of ,

[BLD]

^I'm glad that Mrs BLD was able to do that for your mom.

Q1: how's your Mrs now? Is her condition better?

Q2: did you have to get a special permit to bring your mom's ashes to Laos? I know that in PH, there should be a permit, else the airline won't allow transport.

Thanks Katie,
She's improved a lot and is nearly back to being her old self, still medicated but she has a doc appointment on the 10th hopefully they will reduce it . She is still sleeping a lot and has really put on the weight, as far as a permit goes I think we needed one but I had the permit my bro used to take the other half of her ashes to Scotland to show if there was going to be any questions asked

[BLD]

Sorry about the shite quality of pics but I'm.posting from my phone

[BLD]

It's not only poor old Mrs bld that's a tubby coont, I certainly.indulged in some great food and drinks at insanely crazy cheap prices. We were getting 17000 kip to the dollar, great if your a tourist but damn sure the locals were doing it tough. I made sure to tip

[BLD]

Attachment 97482 I love Japanese food but rarely eat it in Australia because it's expensive ? Or could be.im just a cheap coont?
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