Arrival on Dondet island

After a 15-20min boat ride we arrive at another dock a peaceful developing island called Dondet. Karrie and I have decided that we will make the best of this time and recuperate from the intense tubing/partying we did in Vang Vieng. I can’t believe we totaled 11days there we just couldn’t bring ourselves to leave, so much to do, all the time ,every day. We did meet a lot of people that just got stuck there for months making visa runs and working at the local bars bringing in customers.

The first thing we did was ordered some food before we went hunting for a place to stay for the night, we had read about the power outages on the islands. So soon after we made our order they told us that they can’t make our fruit shakes due to lack of power for the blender.

We found a bungalow with two hammocks and are now ready to relax. (The bungalow cost us a little less than $4CAD/night and that is split two ways, it has two single beds and mosquito nets hanging from the ceiling. At least we have our own bathroom with a cold shower instead of a shared one) I don’t think it is going to be nearly as chilly out at night as it was in the north of Laos.

We are ready for the power curfew with our hand pumping flashlights, but are left wondering what we are going to do after 10pm, we did hear that the sunsets are stunning here. I hope to get some good photos of some sunsets or some sunrises during our stay. We have 9 more days before we make our move into Cambodia.

There also doesn’t seem to be any places here that provide wifi, so there are only internet cafes around the riverside. It is a lot more expensive I guess there is also very little competition, in the capital it was about 10,000kips/hr ($1.29CAD) in Vang Vieng it is about 6,000kips/hr(78¢) here it is 300kips/min($2.33CAD/hr)!! Okay when I work it out mathematically it doesn’t seem like much remember for that one hour on the internet I can stay in a room all night or eat a meal.  Maybe I will cave and go to the internet joint....or you will read all the following posts all in one go.