Drive Back

The drive back to Pakse was long and sometimes boring, but mostly there was always something to look at.

Things such as the young women selling BBQed chicken on a stick. They would circle the van whenever we stopped.

And the rice paddies. The plots were full of water and getting transplanted as we drove by. It is an interesting process, one that is very much like Canadians buying bedding plants and transplanting them in the garden! Except on a much larger scale. The main difference being they grow the rice themselves in a small area and then move them to three or four larger plots.

The above picture shows it all, from picking the seedlings to the already seeded plots in the background.

It doesn't show it here, but the little boy is pulling a board through the water to level the ground for transplanting.

We have done well all trip not getting wet, but today it was a little more difficult to get out of the boat. No plank means jumping from one board to the other. One foot got a little damp...the rest of the crew?