This morning we arrived via night bus bright and early in Pakse. It was a bit bumpy falling asleep the last night, but I managed to get a few hours in. We got picked up by another Touk-Touk (lots of Touk-Touk riding going on over here) and drove to our hotel. It was a really nice place, the people who ran it, luckily, spoke English pretty well! There was even a cute little cafe in the lobby of the building.
Our room was equally nice and quite modern. For the majority of the day we were exhausted from not getting very much sleep. So we mostly relaxed.
In the afternoon, we met up with the other volunteers that were in Vientiane with us for the past two weeks. They had come to Pakse a few days earlier, so were already settled into their houses. We wandered down the market, to see if we could find anything. In Pakse (just like Vientiane) they also were holding a festival for Buddhist lent. It was a bit smaller then the celebration in Vientiane (hence it is a lot smaller), but equally as nice.
There was a little performance going on, and even a cute bouncy castle/slide for the kids (see above). After walking around for a while, we decided to head down to the river where people were lighting the sky with lanterns, unfortunately one of the lanterns strayed a little to close to a tree, and well, this happened.
Luckily, it was small. So it soon burned-out. It was an eventful night and tomorrow we set off for Lao Ngam.
*Word of the Day: Ngam (pronounced: Nam), it means beautiful.
Taya's Laos Blog 
Sá-baai-dii Taya,
Boo to bumpy rides at night on a bus! At least you got to see another festival. The Laos people seem to really like lots of different, bright colors- very cheery . Do I see Captain America and Ironman on the Bouncy Castle?
Not to be a curmudgeon, but I’ve never been a fan of the idea of lighting things on fire and releasing them to free-float in the air!
Can’t wait to see pictures of Lao Ngam- I expect it lives up to the ngam name!
Khwap jai and be well,
ME
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I think that is what is on the castle! I don’t really like the idea either, it does look pretty, but pretty unsafe if you ask me. Lao Ngam sure does live up to the name! Pictures to come!
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Ngam photos, Taya, khwap jai – I LOVED the bouncy castle – I chuckled xo ….. Ngam is in the name of your village – Lao Beauiful – yes it is ….. have you been wearing your sinh OR is it saved for special occasions ….. til next time, La garn … phob kan mai xoxoxo
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We have been wearing our sinhs quite a lot! ❤ love you xoxoxo
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Really … you have … snap a photo for us please of you & mom in your sinhs – probably keep you way cooler than anything else xoxoxo
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Okay! Will do!
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On the second photo are those pikachus?
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Yep I think so
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what is a pikachus …
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Remember when I was little and Owen and I used to love Pokemon? Pikachu is a Pokemon. I think its really cool they were on the bouncy castle because it shows that kids can always still like the same things in completely different cultures!
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of course I remember hehe ….. I just did not recognize the spelling – piccachu if my way, hehe xoxoxo
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xoxo
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