A significant feature of the Buddhist culture is that Monks take a morning walk, at 6am in today’s case, to collect food for their daily meal. The procession of monks passes by alms givers sitting on low stools with bowls of ‘sticky rice’ and individually wrapped biscuits, or fruit. The monk offers his …
Day 30 — Oudomxay to Dien Bien Phu
Our adventure has turned into ‘Rallying for Softies’! An 11:30am start was called for because the border between Laos and Vietnam closes between 11:00am and 13:30pm for lunch! No complaints about staying a little longer at our resort, and in fact several suckers for punishment volunteered for a zipwire ride before leaving. We …
Day 31 — Dien Bien Phu to Sapa
Our route today was only calculated at 275kms but estimated at a10 hour day, so we were turfed out at 7am to get on with it. It could be called a landscape day because that was more or less what we saw all day, although the day did not pan out to be as long …