Finally throwing off our slothfulness we were up and about at the crack of 11am this morning.
We hired a tuk-tuk and set out to see some caves.
Our driver, the cheery Mr Fong (well, as cheery as the Politburo permits) is the proud possessor of as many as 6 teeth. I suspect the others may well have been shaken out over the years as he plied his trade along the dusty (oh so very dusty) and potholed surfaces that pass for main roads.
After an exciting journey involving much swerving to avoid both said potholes and oncoming traffic we arrived at the first cave.
The Buddha Cave turned out to be one we'd visited before. Obviously our aging memories had let us down . As did the cave funnily enough.
Once I'd handed over 10,000 kip for the loan of a skirt (no choice of colour, one size very definitely didn't fit all) it was on to commune with the Buddha.
What can I say? It was a cave and there was a statue of the Buddha in it, so I guess it meets the trades description act requirements.
I'd share the scene with you but photography was forbidden. As were shoes.
Undeterred we rejoined Mr Fong and headed for our second cave of the day, Tham Pa Sueam.
We've never been here before and following on from the Buddha Cave Letdown, it was with some trepidation that we handed over the 300,000 kip entrance fee.
Well blogmates, it was money well spent. The cave is enormous, and absolutely stuffed with stalactites and stalagmites, all very cleverly lit. Photography was allowed, so here's a few....
Not bad eh? And it was very scenic outside too....
Now if they could just do something about the potholes........
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