How Many Islands?

Four thousand known by that name in the far tip of Laos.Don Kong is largest and the quiet one. No partys here. That’s where we settled for three nights in Mali Guesthouse owned and run by a Canadian woman who grew up here and immigrated but spends six months in this idealic spot. Next door, Mekong Inn , same thing. That place has a pool which came in very handy! (Canadian privileges 🙂

Left: welcoming committee upon our arrival on Don Kong; top right: pealing palm fruit – jello consistency, pleasantish taste; bottom right: “your not coming our way, right?”. 

First day we cycled around our island – 60km…a mite enthusiastic. By mid day it was 36 degrees and we sought shade in a monastery where we shared watermelon with a lethargic but friendly Buddhist nun.  Much later the neighbour’s pool was pure bliss.

On day two we went by boat with two fellow housemates south to the ‘busier islands’, Don Det and Don Khon where we hiked out to the waterfall Khon Phapheng  (highest volume falls in SE Asia, it gushes huge volumes of water into Cambodia).

Views from the boat.

It’s hard to give justice to the power you feel from a multitude of falls spread out as far as the eye can see over rocky terrain.

Barry and me at Khon Phapheng Falls.

Next up: back to Pakse and onward to Cambodia.  Sa-bai-Dee  and Sôhk Dee Deuh Laos!