Nong Kiau

Today we're going on a trek into the mountains to a village called Nong Kiau.

As we were travelling up the mountains in a van the road was really bumpy and I was bouncing up in the air!!

We arrived at our hotel, put our bags in our rooms and went out for a walk with our guide.

After we walked for a long time in the heat, my sisters and I walked across a bridge, but Aoife fell in! It wasn't high but Riona and I were laughing our heads off!!

Afterwards we went for a traditional Laos massage which was really relaxing! We had to wear these REALLY weird PJ clothes....

Today we sailed up the river ou on a thin boat to three tribal villages all from either Mong or Kamu Tribes.








We went into a school in one of the villages and gave the children sweets and books while all the villagers were watching.

After I gave the children sweets, I felt I wanted to give them more. But thats just me in the west thinking my way and believing people here need what we need to be happy. These people are happier with little than most people I know are with everything.

On the way back our boat started taking in water! Riona was going crazy and as soon as we got to the beach, she jumped out off the side of the boat! 

For lunch we had rice wrapped in banana leaves with chicken and vegetables. Our boat driver managed to bail out the water, but Riona still thought our boat was going to sink and spent the whole time checking.

We're left Nong Kiau today and took a boat down the river to Luang Prabang.

On the way down, we went through rapids and stopped at a Buddhist cave.

When we were going through the rapids, our boat driver threw a long metal stick with food attached to the end into the water for the spirits. People believe in traumatic places there are spirits you need to respect. And so the gift, or offering of food will help them through that dangerous place.