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We took a slow boat down the Mekong today. We had a private boat all to ourselves. The boats are still used for moving cargo, but some fo them have been converted for taking passengers.
It was the best journey we have done so far, absolutely amazing scenery. Everyone should take a slow boat down the Mekong, its just a brilliant experience and it takes about 7 hours so you can really take everything in.
Pakbeng is a really poor village, the electricity is only on between 6.30pm and 10.30pm and most house don't have running water. We had a walk around the local market, some of the offerings were dried rat, and fried bats wings....nice. We went to see the sunset and some local boys were playing football volleyball so Jim and Pat had a go at playig with them and got beaten...only just...by an eight year old!!!
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