Seen from above

Mother's milk on the Mekong.

The Beer Lao factory. Behind it you can see the big curve the river takes. That green area is where we go out biking through the rice paddies, villages, etc. We scouted some new routes as we flew around that we will explore before Jon leaves next month.


The road to freedom. Okay, maybe just the road to Thailand. But many people who live here take the bridge pretty much every weekend to go shopping and whatnot in Udorn. I don't really understand it, but many people just want to get out as often as possible. I'm happy where I am.

You can see in the background the same large bend in the river from the previous picture.


Downtown Vientiane, with Tat Luang in the foreground. We were lucky with the weather. Scattered, light clouds at a high elevation. As we were returning, we saw some rain coming in from the mountains up north.


Returning from our lovely little trip. In the background is a Cessna Caravan, the same plane that I flew with my dad and brothers-in-law back from Canada in May. That one was on floats though.


I'm heading to play tennis at 2:00, then Katherine and I will meet up with Jon, Rose and Rose's parents at the Australian Club for some swimming and cocktails by the river. Tomorrow, Jon, Rose's dad and I will head to Dansavanh for a round of golf, and meet up with the ladies at the floating restaurant for lunch.

Weekends in Vientiane are fun.