I got up just after 08.00 and as I did Dave was just walking out the door to go have breakfast with 2 of the girls, Miriam (from Germany) and Claire (from Belgium). I shortly went myself and not wanting to walk very far I just plugged for the first local restaurant that I came to, unknown to me (until I came out and was shouted at) Dave and the girls were eating at a place just 4 doors down. Back at the hostel we met most of the others, although 2 of the Dutch guys stayed in bed. The 10 of us piled into 2 tuktuks and drove 30km to Tat Kuang Si, an impressive, multi-tiered waterfall. We climbed up to the top and waded through the pool on top and as we were about to descend we (Dave and I) noticed a sign towards another waterfall. We followed this trail for well over an hour through the jungle, slipping and sliding, many people, including myself, took off their flip flops for better grip. I don't think anyone managed to escape without a leech bite and I certainly suffered the most mosquito bites, racking up an impressive 12 which was more than the rest of the group combined. We never did find the waterfall and eventually we decided to just turn around. Back at the falls we swam in a couple of the pools and in one, where it was very deep, there was a rope swing which was brilliant fun. It was just after 17.00 when we got back to Luang Prabang so we went to the same buffet place as last night. We past a homemade cake stall on the way back to the hostel and I along with a couple of others bought a cake each. Later on Dave and I found another buffet and by the time we returned, the others had already gone for a drink. We met up with them then later we all went to the bowling alley. We only played one game which I came second in with a respectable 85.
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| Dave on the rope swing |
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