On one of my little walk arounds yesterday I found a track heading to a cave and a lagoon so after getting the kids some lunch and setting them up with movies Dave and I set out.
First stop though was lunch overlooking the river.
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Across the rice fields we started our trek.
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We lost track of time taking the scenery in but guessing about 40 minutes later we reached the Pha Poak cave and mountain view.
Seeing the ladders and what was ahead I decided to stay below for some quiet time.
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And when I seen the photos later I was glad I did.
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We were told ten minutes to the top. Yeah right! At least 40 minutes later Dave descended.
Inside the cave.
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The spectacular view from the top.
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Another 1 kilometre further (we were told) to Lu Si Cave and the lagoon.
I was imagining naked swimming scenes from The Blue Lagoon.
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But we were told by others we passed the water was too cold to swim. Still the walk was beautiful.
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After walking for around one and a half hours (in thongs) we hitched a ride home on the back of bikes for 20000 kip ($2.50) each as we were getting worried about the kids as we'd been gone about 3 hours by now. And also Dave and I were both limping by then (Dave a calf injury from way back and me a hip flexor one from Vientianne)
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