Day 77 (Mon 30 Nov): Nong Khiaw (mountain biking)

Twenty minutes into the “gear” presentation and things were getting repetitive.  Despite telling the guy I’d used them before (!), he was obviously enjoying explaining how they worked.  But finally we were off:

Down the river…

…to a village…

… where we watched people unloading a narrow boat.  Seeing them lug heavy bags of oranges up the bank reminded me once again how “manual” their life is:

More butterflies:

After lunch we visited Patok cave:

… accompanied by several children who were clearly angling for money in return for showing us the clearly marked path.  I knew this because they kept repeating “Hello, money”.  They might want to work on their sales strategy.

Met Eleanor on the bridge for sunset:

 

And then rewarded our active day biking with a banana split:

Another really good day 🙂

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Today’s random stuff consists of two rather fine bugs:

Another Laotian bridge:

And a photo to capture the memory of their open-to-the-street shops: