Vicarious Ink: Out of Cambodia to Si Phan Don, Laos
![Don Det Sunset](/buzz/images/vicarious4/sunset.jpg)
the bojourn continues for special K and agent pond.
we catch up with our heroes some where amidst the rice paddies along the way out of cambodia into laos:
After Angkor Wat, we meandered back through Cambodia to Phnom Penh, then worked our way north up the Mekong River towards Laos. Hijinks ensued...
![Small Truck](/buzz/images/vicarious4/truck.jpg)
Rachel standing next to the world's smallest truck. Actually, I checked it out--it was originally a 100cc motorbike with an extended rear axle and a nice red aluminum shell for the front and the back. The gentleman driving it was quite pleased with our interest--I assume he had built it himself.
![Careful Elephants](/buzz/images/vicarious4/elephants.jpg)
We see many road signs and billboards that seem peculiar to us farangs (Westerners, in the local parlance). Elephant crossing is definitely one that is rather rare in the states.
![Monkeying](/buzz/images/vicarious4/monkey.jpg)
and, of course, a motorcycle-riding monkey is another site not seen too often stateside. This primate commandeered a bike outside Battambang, Cambodia, but couldn't reach the kick-starter.
![Almost the Bayou](/buzz/images/vicarious4/speedway.jpg)
the road to Laos actually was not a road a all. rather, a waterway taken by our boat at breakneck speed.
Rice paddies and palm trees, a couple cows and a buffalo.
![Paddy Wagon](/buzz/images/vicarious4/paddies.jpg)
and a whole slew of picturesque sunrises, including this one looking east across the Mekong at dawn.
![Mekong at dawn](/buzz/images/vicarious4/sunrise.jpg)
too early to say mission accomplished (right mr. president), but these agents gotta good thing going out there in the wild...
Posted by bojon at August 31, 2004 11:34 PM