The weather is much colder than usual and I decided to have breakfast by the riverbank again.
As usual,I have to wait...and wait for my sister :)
After breakfast, the 1st attraction we chosen was to visit Pak Ou Caves. A normal journey would be about 1 hour plus journey by boat, but as it was the dry season, we could go by land to as near as possible and cross over by boat. We arrived at a village at the crossing point.
My sister and myself were fascinated by the farm animals that we saw..chicken(and chicks),ducks, piglets..Its like we had never seen them for real and we became excited like kids again!
The fact was apparent to us that we do appreciate the simple village life and everything moves around at a slower pace. People here virtually grow their own vegetables, rear their own meat..and enjoy what mother Nature got to offer them..let me add..catch their own fish too!
These fishes were just caught from the river and they were still alive. As we descend the sandy steps of the riverbank from the village, we have arrived at the crossing point.
Time to board the sampan boat and go search for the caves..
On our way to the upper cave,a bunch of kids tried to sell us various birds and rodent for us to set free..I bought a tiny bird in a bamboo cage from this kid..
The difference about the upper cave is that its totally dark inside and you will not realise what is one the wall until my camera flash bounced off the cave walls..Luckily this is only a stone dragon.. :P
The guard dog(puppy) at the entrance of the upper cave..so cute!
Before we knew it..its time for us to depart and move on to the next attraction : Ban Xang Hai weaving village. We subsequently carry on our journey on the minivan we arrived in and took some scenic photos along the way.
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