lørdag den 13. november 2010

Lovely Laos

Vientiane

We found a place where they were producing all kinds woven silk products. A very interesting place with a lot projects helping poor people in Laos and victims from land mines in cambodia. 40 women were working in the backyard and we were lucky to get permission to see and take pictures of Lao Textile. We met the sister of the owner, and heard all the good stories, two hours later we needed a coffee to digest...

Working on a new design, no drawing or previous sample, just experience and a good eye!



Washing the silk


Make-up back handmade by the people in the Cambodian project

The shop



Food cheers in cookies from the Scandinavian Bakery, the cinnamon role was almost a taste of home...

Tuk Tuk

A lady was selling her paintings on the street, I couldn't resist and found a simpel drawing.

Maybe I couldn't resist because I had this adorable girl following me when I was looking at the drawings...the daughter of the artist.

Women selling vegetables across the street from our hotel

View from 4th floor in the hotel, the temple and school in Vientiane

Lao sweet desert for breakfast, coconut milk and corn.






Ice cream man, one flavour, coconut, the best and for sure homemade!

My one scoop coconut ice cream, 1000 kip...

We lived just across the street from the temple

Flowers for the mainroad

We found a shop with beautiful silk scarfs and other good stuff



Parking outside a school...




Ready for tubing, sunglasses and waterproof handbags...

Asian style pancake, this is our favourite with banana and chocolate, yummi!


View from our bungalows in Vang Vieng, our tubing destination

Back in Vientiane


Watch out!! manholes everywhere on the streets...

Lao

So exited, Lonely Planet research for New Years travel, Sri Lanka.

Our "seats" in the night train, 12 ours from Nong Khai, the border to Laos, to Rangsit/Bangkok = Home at 7am, school at 9am...

mandag den 8. november 2010

Amazing Borneo


We needed a moment, this trip has been amazing and words couldn't describe it...



The Niah Cave.

Longhouse village in the jungle





The view from the airplane, what used to be rainforest is now palm tree plantage :0(



Flying from Kota Kinabalu to Miri

Now we are ready for our trekking in the jungle and the Niah Caves in Miri

What's for dinner? Tuna steak, corn, fish, chicken soup, sweet potatoes and other good stuff

Bananas

Food at the Night Market



The floating city mosque in KK, by night (Kota Kinabalu)

Waiting for the sun to go down to see the city mosque lightened up, we read that is was supposed to be very beautiful.


The floating city mosque by day




Orang Utans eating its favourite fruit


Our luxury beds in the jungle

Our jungle hut

They even have toilet paper in the jungle, how fancy!!

A tiny bird we met on the night trekking, its blind...

My favourite picture, notice the mosquito on the frogs butt... didn't see it before I uploaded the picture :0)

A beautiful very small bird, its blind and stayed on the stick even though we had our camera a few cm. for it.

Good morning... our friend on the ceiling inside the hut, i'm glad we have mosquito net!

The view from our camp by the river


Jungle trekking outfit


Wan showing us Aloe Vera and another plant that you definitely don't wanna use as toilet paper if you are living in the jungle. Your butt will itch for hours...



Wan showing the Urang Utans favourite fruit

This little friend smelled like almond and marzipan when you rubbed its back...yum!!

Fancy breakfast in the jungle, pancake, french toast, eggs and fried banana.


Hornbills, husband and wife...

Night view form the camp

Enjoying life and feeling lucky to be a place like this.


Toilet at the end of the path... don't wait till last minutes...

Long tale monkeys

A Lizard





Our first meeting with a wild Orang Utan, AMAZING!!!



Im standing on the bridge right on top of it, he's less than a meter from me...






My reason for coming to Borneo... the Orang Utans


The three musketeers



Crumpets and local Borneo rainforest tea, uhmm..

The garden at the English Tea House. It was like being in an old movie...



On our way to the tea house


Our first night in Sandakan, and we realise that shorts may not be the most appropriate to wear in a muslim country.
Sandakan...

After our, apparently very expensive, Indian dinner in Kuala Lumpur airport.


So exited!!