LAOS - Luang Namtha

Luang Namtha - first stop in Laos! Not much to do in town but we hired a scooter and rode 60km up the road through the jungle to Muang Singh - up near the Chinese border. Beautiful scenery, really smooth roads, friendly little kids in the villages yelling out hello and a beautiful waterfall on the way back. The next day we hired bicyles and road around town. We rode to a tiny little village and I was so hot I wanted to swim in the river. I asked this group of little boys if I could swim down there and they nodded and smiled. There ended up being about 20 kids watching me try to take off my singlet and shorts while keeping my sarong wrapped around me then they watched me splash around in the river - just laughing and talking! Just beautiful little people! (I've been really hesitant to take photos of people in the villages - especially the children. You are meant to ask if you can take their photo and these kids said no which is fair enough.)