Caving!

We got up early, about 8:00AM, showered then for breakfast. I'm feeling 100%, but Court is still feeling blah.

About 10:00 we walked to the Nang Oua cave, about one kilometre north of town, then turn westward to get to the cave. First we had to pay a 2000 kip "toll" to cross the Nam Xong river using a bamboo bridge some local buddy built to get money from tourists. The river is only thigh deep, we could have easily just walked through the river. OH well, it's only 20 cents. Then we had to keep hiking, then when we got to the cave, 5000 kip/person for a guided tour of the cave. Our guide gave us each a headlamp for our trek.

We spent about an hour in the cave, it was really cool. Spleunking is awesome, it's so dark and quiet in the cave. There were many, many cool rock formations.

We got back to the guest house about 1:00, then showered again, then went for lunch. The restaurant we keep frequenting has banana shakes for only 1000 kip, and Courtney loves them.

AFter lunch, we hit the internet, and here we are.

The plan is tomorrow just explore a little more (perhaps another cave or a waterfall), and on Saturday we're going to do a one day kayaking trip, then head to Vientianne on Sunday, where we can deal with our Vietnam visa. We have to be out of Laos on March 25...geeze, time flies!