9 countries represented in this pic!A few weeks later we escape the bitter cold. First, a little stop in Beijing (still cold, but a lot less, so) where you can stay without a visa for up to 24 hours. Just enough time to take the subway from the airport into town, sight see, and then check-in for the next flight.
Anna buys some pearls at the Pearl Market...
A short walk to...
Mmmmmm, lunch! And so many choices...
Now that we're full, its back to the airport, we stuff our heavy clothes deep into our bags, and we are off to Laos. We arrive to a delightful 80 F degrees, check in to our "room" and then, a little biking around Vientiane...
Then a short flight, north to Luang Prabang. This was our base (click to see Kelly wave) for two weeks of blissful exploration...
Our transport and breakfast patio, out front, perched on the banks of a little river...
...well, the mighty Mekong...
A full moon lights our way along the riverfront cafes...
I don't know what Kelly is pointing at, I'm looking down and seeing the river through(!) the rickety roadbed...
...and back across. This pedestrian part is even more rickety than than middle part...
One of many, many, wats...
They don't take their dragons too lightly, here...
Evening falls on the lovely town of Luang Prabang...
