Tuesday, January 28, 2014
We almost stayed a second day in Nong Khai, but common sense prevailed and we continued our journey East. If Sterlin had failed to start, I think we would have stayed, but fortunately he fired up just fine. For a third straight day we had good roads, but started to lose the beautiful views of the Mekong river. The plan was to stop somewhere near Wat Phu Tok, which is our objective for Wednesday morning. We ended up in Bueng Kan.
And what a delightful little place this is. Located on the river bank with a slow pace of life, no tour buses and very few western tourists. In fact we only saw two westerners the entire time we were here. We went for a long walk along the sandy riverbank and just enjoyed the peace and quiet and later the sunset. At night the restaurants placed tables along the embarcadero and the locals and Asian tourists came out to feed. Not surprisingly, Caroline had river fish for dinner.
when the river rises in the wet season.
