Follow Dom: Laos and more

Post 12h bus ride though the winding mountains of Laos and we finally arrived at Luang Prabang or L. Bangers. A great little town on the Mekong right in the middle of nowhere. On this particular bus ride the drivers assistant handed out plastic bags at random. Turns out the bus doesn't really stop, which meant the mother of three sitting next to us helped the kids 'go potty' right into the bags. What a pro she was! Not a single mess! Once the bus stopped everybody tossed their bags on the road side...what efficiency.

Luang Prabang has a great multi-tiered waterfall about 25 Kilometers south. I definitely recommend checking it out if you pass through. If you've made it up to the first swimming hole, past the families picnicking and are looking for a sick view, Resist the impulse to climb the welcomed set of wooden stairs, those will take you all the way to the sketchy crab lagoon/forest at the top of the waterfall (dare you to take a swim... don't worry you'll never see what gets you because the water is covered in leaves).

Instead, take your shoes off and negotiate the set of cascades to your immediate right. After a bit more scaling you'll see a few monks and a few locals hanging out. The no-bottom swimming hole here is gorgeous. I had to take a risk with my camera...the shot was too good to miss. So I swam out, one hand above water with my canon and tried not to flow over the fall.