Chiang Khong Border Crossing to Laos
long tail boat we took across Mekong River to Laos
Inside the long tail boat
arrival to Huay Xai, Laos
View of Thailand from Laos border
Lao Beer: the beer of choice in Laos
Dinner in Huay Xai
Inside truck, heading to Gibbon Experience
Public bus stuck in the mud, blocking our path.
Beginning of 15km trek into the jungle of Laos...destination Bokeo Nature reserve, home of the Gibbon Experience.
Aine, Kelly, Nicole trying to stay dry which turned out to be impossible
1st of many obstacles and water crossings
Walking through the cornfields
Bamboo crossings
Beginning the uphill mud trek
so much mud!
I decided to just get wet!
Nicole and her banana leave hat
one of many times that my shoes got stuck in the mud!
Lao children
Jill entering Ban Tup village
Ban Tup
crossing the river
Nicole trying to avoid the mud
My muddy shoes
Aine getting a hand from the guide
crossing more water!
6 hours later, we finally made it to the camp! Exjausted, wet, and muddy!
Treehouse #1, where we spent our 1st night
me zipping from Treehouse 1
Nicole zipping into treehouse 1
treehouse 1
beds inside treehouse
bed and bathroom
toilet with a view!
view from inside treehouse
looking down from treehouse
Inside treehouse
one of many large spiders inside treehouse
inside our mosquitoe nets, sad about our dirty beds and rats jumping on our net!
Jill joined our bed as she was scared to sleep alone on the top level of the treehouse with all the rats running about!
dirty top of net
feeling safer inside our sleeping sacs
breakfast in the treehouse with our Irish family
Aine getting ready to zip from treehouse 1
Aine zipping
Kelly zipping
Nicole zipping
treehouse 2
trekking to the next zip lines
large snail
Inside treehouse 3 (leech house)!
view from treehouse 3
taken just before Jo is attacked by leeches!
inside treehouse 3
leech before it sucks your blood
fat leech after it sucks your blood!
Kelly & Nicole
zipping babes
me zipping
Jill zipping
Nicole arriving to the platform
zipping from treehouse 1
Nicole trekking
Kathy zipping
350 meter zip line
"the kitchen" and our home the 2nd night when we refused to trek to treehouse 5. we slept with all the workers in less than ideal conditions
Jill chilling on the swing
Survival of day #2
Kathy's muddy shoes
The toilet, quite a hike to get to
we finally wash our faces after 2 days of no showering
and this is how you do it.
The McCauley Family
cabbage and rice dinner again
inside "the kitchen"
where the family and Jill slept
Aine, Nicole, and my bed!
sad about our bed
Courtney...a volunteer from OZ who is way too happy all the time to be living in the Laos jungle in wet season!
Heading back, day 3. 15km to go
trekking in the pouring rain
crossing the river again
trekking uphill for 1 hour
sad I have nothing but rice to eat for lunch
village on Ban Tup
bringing more rice to camp
YAY! We made it!
Aine, so happy to be done!
my very muddy feet
In need of a shower and bed
Finished!
cute little Laos baby boy
cheers to us for surviving the Laos jungle!
