4,000 Islands, Saturday & Sunday, February 16th & 17th, 2019

Sorry for not getting to this for a long time, I have had a lot of schoolwork to do and was feeling a bit unmotivated, but here is our time on Don Khone, one of the beautiful “4000 islands”!

February 16th – Saturday:

After getting to the resort the previous day (February the 15th) My Aunt, Uncle, Mom and I settled down into our cute cabins and had a good night sleep. On the morning of the 16th we woke up and had a yummy breakfast, including eggs and delicious crepes. We then decided to rent bikes for the day and peddle around the island. We first peddled down to a waterfall and saw turkeys, lots of water buffalo and even a couple peacocks.

We took a little walk and found a nice beach! The sand was very hot, and so was the water (Mom and I dipped our toes in). Some people were even swimming, though we were a little too nervous to go that far.

Next we decided to go see the Irrawaddy dolphins, a special type of dolphin found only in and around the Mekong. We got on the small boat and sailed out to the spot where they feed, it was a really amazing thing to see and I felt very lucky, as there are only around 92 of these dolphins left in the Mekong.

When we got to their feeding place our boat driver made sure to turn off the engine so that we would not disturb them, the closest one came was probably a few metres away from us, how cool!

After that I read in the sun for the majority of the afternoon and we had a relaxing evening at the resort.

February 17th – Sunday:

The next day we again rented the bikes, only we decided to take a little adventure onto Don Det, another island that is connected to Don Khone (the island we are staying on) by a little bridge. It was a very pleasant bike along the Mekong, we found a restaurant called “King Kong” and met a few very enthusiastic puppies! When we got to the downtown area of Don Det, we each got fresh orange juice before we looped around and headed back for the bridge.

When we got back to the resort, Mom and I decided to head to the pool. At the pool, I met two nice girls around my age named Grace and Maddie, who were from Ontario. There was also a girl named Angie, but I couldn’t communicate with her much as she was from France, and I’m still working on my french skills. We played games like “Marco Polo” where the ‘it’ person closes their eyes and has to try to tag the others. And tried to see who could stay on top of the large blow-up balls the longest.

After being in the water for about 2 hours, I said goodbye and we had dinner by the Mekong, accompanied by the beautiful sunset ❤

P.S. More posts will be coming soon, I have exciting news that in a couple weeks Mom and I will be flying back to Vientiane, where the journey all started, due to a meeting.

*Word of the Day: heua (Pronounced: hoo – ah), It means boat.