Sa Bai Dee Laos, Laos Dec 2012

Ok, so now im in Laos. The whole trip from Pokhara to Vientiane was little adventure.

I was suppose to have flight to Laos in local time 13.50. But first i had to fly from Pokhara to Kathmandu during same day. My flight from Pokhara to Kathmandu was about 8 am and was suppose to take about 40 minutes so enough time i was thinking..... How wrong i was!!!!

I didn't have so much experience that time yet about local transport, if i would know i would be traveled day before by bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu.

Of source it didn't go like i was thinking at all. They were saying me that plane to Kathmandu can be little late but thing was that it was suppose to go around 8 am but because bad weather it started about 12 pm and my international flight was 13.50 so not so much time.... 

So i was really concerned do i miss my flight to Vientiane and didn't help my spirit at all some discussion last evening....

Last evening i was meeting another traveler, a young girl who was saying me after hearing i fly with local plane: "you are really brave flying with local plane" 

I was answering -"why?" -"because every time i have been in Nepal i had heard local plane crashing"

Excellent!!!! - i thought..... But as you can see i'm still writing and from Vientiane so i didn't crash or miss my flight....

Next adventure was in Vientiane when i was coming there about 9-10 pm and i was suppose to have driver from hostel to pick me up. But of source he never didn't show up :)

So i was thinking i have to change local money and take taxi. But of source changing office was close so late. So changing plan, i was thinking of using just atm. Which of source was broken also.

So i was thinking that i have dollars still but would be easier to use local currency on taxi so what to do?

Luckily there was also some German girl with same problem than me so we joined together.

She had money to taxi so we were planning to take taxi to another atm to get more money.

So we went to atm with taxi and was letting driver to go, i was thinking of continuing with tuk tuk.

Stupid mistake let driver go, i realized after atm that in that time no tuk tuk or taxi anywhere anymore and all places was closed already, it was quite late already.

But German girl said that she can send message some l friend who would come there and use his local phone to call hostel. But they answered that they cant pick me up even was agreement.

But this local man was offering to take me to hostel with his motorbike if just get some info where is hostel.

Of  source it was too hard woman for hostel giving instructions in English but luckily some local man came to talk with hostel woman and they send me motorbike from hostel to pick me.

So after couple nights i was moving slowly towards south Laos, heading to 4000 islands because was reading about that place and it was yelling my name :)

First Vientiane to Paksan, night there, and from there i was randomly taking bus ticket to Lak Sao because i was thinking that from there i was easy to go to Kong Lo cave.

But on way there i was looking map and realized that Lak Sao is too far from caves and no point to go so far. So i was making quick decision of jumping off bus before Lak Sao, i didn't even know where i was, just in some really small village :D

Village was to me quite oriental and i was thinking i could be longer there.

There was just couple turist there, a French couple, who were planning to go Kong Lo cave in next morning. So i was asking to join them on next day, i just had to change more money  because low currency again.

So next morning i was heading to only bank of village on 8 am. 

But it was closed. So i was asking local man when it opens. He said "today is Saturday so its close on Saturday and Sunday" 

But on bank there was only atm of village and surprising to me again, it didn't work me again!!!!

So i was calculating that i have just couple hundreds of dollars that i thought no-one can change there  and no local money. So i was thinking that i have to go next town to change money and leave that village. So i was asking local "bus station" that what time there is jeep going to Thak Khaek and they said its going 9 am. And clock was 8.45 am. So military style action, packing quicly everything and heading to Thak Khaek with Pick up jeep :)

On that village was little turist info still where i was meeting this Finnish girl Efe who had doing climbing about year. She was doing motorbike loop from Thak Khaek and stopped there. So Efe was saying that if i'm coming to Thak Khaek we could go to climbing and because i have done that years i agreed.

So i was turning lost of little village to victory and searched Efe from Thak Khaek and we decided to go climbing for 2 days. And it was 24-25th day of December, so in Christmas time i was hanging with rope, lol :D

But Efe was suppose to leaving already 25:th day heading back to Finland so i was staying alone one more night because it was idyllic place with bungalows and rock walls.

But this morning i came back here in Thak Khaek and now i have to plan what i do next. 

But that's next story.....