We rented a motorbike for four days and drove around the Bolevan Plateau near Pakse in Laos. The adventure and sights of rural life, local coffee and tea plantations and friendly people made up for the butt numbing unsealed endless rocky roads.
One of the nights we stayed in a village called Tad Lo. It was like something from my national school history books: fullacht fias (underground ovens), animals roaming among the village huts, people doing chores with basic tools, children playing inventive games with their flip flops. Everyone being friendly and waving so excited to see us. Women washing in the river as the sun goes down, men casting homemade fishing nets. Chickens, water buffalo, cows, piglets piglets and more piglets! Lush vegetation and kids dressed in dusty clothes and happy faces. Life is the focus: plants, animals, humans all sharing communal outdoor living space.
No comments:
Post a Comment