Phongsali

Tuesday 11/12, Wednesday 12/12 and Thursday 13/12 - PHONGSALI.

Short walk to the Phoufa stupa.

Pay the entrance fee (5000Kip), and get one or more Laolaos (Laotian rice whisky),

to motivate for the climb.

Halfway the climb there is platform offering a very high swing.

After more than 822 steps, the stupa.

Sunset.

2days (1 night) trek to Akha mountain villages (Ethnic minority).

First Akha village (Salaabe).

Pumpkin lunch is being prepared.

 Little boy helping his mother.

Me helping the father.

Lunch.

Tiger footprint!

Another tiger footprint.

Suspension bridge.

Bridge built in 20010?

Electricity generators in the river.

The Akha Pixo village (Boun Phiang) where we spent the night.

Dinner.

Breakfast.

The dream time with the host family.

From left to right: me (B), the parents, Aureliane (F) and Dewy (NL).

Classrooms.

Rice wine distillery.

Near to the end of our two days trek.

Local transportation to Boun Neua.

Leaving Boung Hong, our guide, in front of his office at the bus station of Boun Neua.

You might contact him by email at tlaochanh@gmail.com.

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