Festival Day! This morning we went to a festival near the Mekong River in Vientiane. Tomorrow we set out for a city called Pakse, where we will be staying for one day before we drive to our actual house in Lao Ngam. It will be hard leaving the kitties in Vientiane, but it is exciting knowing we are going to be able to settle into our new home.
We took a Touk-Touk to the Mekong festival. Our driver stopped near a “stupa” that was owned by a member of the royal family.
So the Touk-Touk continued to the Mekong, where we walked through the festival grounds. There were tons of people selling things. All the shops had really nice clothes, but they were all long sleeved! Right now its the cold season for the Lao people, and they are all wearing long sleeves and long pants. I really don’t know how as it is about 33 degrees celsius. I guess they are just so used to it that the weather doesn’t bother them. We walked along the river some more and found a cute little fair.
There was also bumper cars, a ferris wheel and a tiny roller coaster. We continued walking and found a restaurant to eat lunch. Here is a nice panorama view of the Mekong River.
Today was really fun, I think I’m going to miss Vientiane. I will keep you updated on our progress on our way to Lao Ngam.
*Word of the Day: Ga-loo-na (pronounced exactly how it looks), it means please.
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Sá-baai-dii Taya,
What a day! It must of been amazing to wander thru the festival. Do you know what the festival was celebrating?
33 degrees in the cold season!!! I like it hot but the hot season is going to be nuts. The rainy season has started here but it hasn’t been too bad- and the rain is good. It’s nice having a fire on a rainy day and the wonder cat likes it too! Although it hasn’t gotten cold yet.
The Mekong River looks pretty low, does Laos have a rainy season? When does that happen?
Miss you guys,
ME
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The festival was celebrating Buddhist lent. The Mekong was at its low point but in the Lao rainy season (the rainy season is from July to the beginning of October) It actually is flooded!
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33 seems extreme. Hope there is not a big fluctuation in temp. Keep it coming Taya. Love your blog AP
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Love you ❤
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Adrhia & I are loving your blog! What a grand adventure!
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Haan haan haan – WOW – khwap jai for your beautiful pictures – also very exciting for us here to experience your travels – a haunted house … are they doing Halloween … I would not have thought so, but … – Galoona keep up your awareness of each day … what a chance you are getting to see people and live with them … on the other side of the world !!! – La garn for now – Big HUGS to you and Mom –
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I don’t think they are doing Halloween, I think it was just a fun carnival activity. Khwap jai for reading it 🙂
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Wow!
Sounds like a really fun tour.
I hope your new village is nice too
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🙂
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Also, was the mini haunted house scary?
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We didn’t go in it, so i dont know! 🙂
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