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Breanne told her trip in Siphandon, Laos in New Year Festival. Her travel here also includes kayking.

Happy Lao New Year!

Well I’m a bit flustered because of my own stupidity, I wrote this whole post already but be it my luck or not, the power cut out just as I was spell checking and I lost 2 hours work. My fault for not saving, I was almost pulling my hair out, but at least I wasn’t writing a paper or something like that… with a deadline haha deadlines I remember those!

So here we go again…

Si Phan Don (4000 islands) is a beautiful display of natures talents. The Mekong fans out to distribute thousands (apparently some think 4000 or so after which the place is named) of islands of various sizes. We stayed one such an island, Don Khon to admire its beauty and languid nature. The people here seem to have captured the same way of life that the Mekong displays, an unhurried pace of peaceful demeanor and beauty, laughing through the rapids and enjoying the reflective nature. Arriving here and staying for a week we were willingly forced to slow down. It’s so hot during the day that we simply melt by just swinging in our hammocks and still that was doing too much.

This was our welcoming sunset as we arrived at dusk

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