Waterfall with a Go Pro!

So today we rented a small Suzuki and headed to the waterfall. I haven't really used my Go Pro yet so I'm still learning but the photos and video looks great. Here are some photos from our adventure on Koh Phangan so far...

 

Here we come paradise!

So here is another one of me trying to figure it out. I've got self portraits down!

 Us after a long walk, some rain, and a dip in the falls.

 Of course we ended the day with cocktails on the beach.

A trip to the falls

Today we headed out with our new beach buddies to a waterfall just outside of Sihanoukville. Each day these kids (our beach buddies) ages 11-17 walk the beach selling bracelets or fruit or what have you and since we've been on the beach day in day out, we've become friends. We buy fruit each day from Oun, a 17 year old girl who saves the money to pay for school- but today Oun became our tour guide.

Here we all are loaded up in the tuk-tuk

 

Oun, Ashley, and Sky

 Crossing the bridge to go to the waterfall

 

Not the biggest waterfall ever but still refreshing

 

Chan and Hoy relaxing

 

Chan came to the beach today with his police shirt on so we had to give him some aviators and take a photo!

 

Brian imitation...

 

 Chan sold me a supreme hat and gave me a good deal!

 So Brian gave them all Direstreets T-shirts and took a photo with them for the Direstreets website

 Direstreets team Sihanoukville, Cambodia

 After T-shirts they all wanted tattoos

 Brian trying to teach Sky how to play Cribbage. It didn't go so well...

Luang Prabang, Laos

Sabaai Dii!

We are in Luang Prabang, Laos- a sleepy little scenic village in Northern Laos. Luang Prabang sits on a peninsula of sorts bordering both the Mekong and the Nam Khan rivers. We had a tough go of it for the first couple of days here (as you know) but we finally perked up and got to see what this town has to offer. Luang Prabang is both one of our favorites so far, although it's not hard to explain why. Foggy mornings spent wandering down quiet streets, sitting at cafes eating french cuisine, or climbing the hillside Wat to watch the sunset definitely add to Luang Prabang's charm.

Highlights:

Lao Massages ($5 for and hour)

Baguettes/crepes/all things french that you can put Nutella on

Night Market

Local food market

Photographer's dream

Waterfalls

Most of all: it's stunning

Lowlights:

Kip (Lao currency) begins with 1,000 and works its way up

Lao buses-what you see isn't what you get

Here's Brian being Brian

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