Weaving, waterfalls and the river. Nong Khiaw up to Ban Sop Jam by boat

The bridge and Nong Khiaw in the morning.  

This bridge was built by the Chinese in 1975

This map shows where we went today.  By boat from Nong Khiaw to Ban Soph Khong where we walked through rice fields to Tad Mork.  Went for a well deserved swim before "lunch from plastic bags" with sticky rice - yum.

Buffalo - just hanging out.

Is this the best photo I've taken??

Bann Sop Khong

Bamboo - 101 uses.  For use when the rice is harvested

Walking to the waterfall

chick peas growing

A hemp tree

Tad Mork

Walking back to the Nam Ou

The "road" between Nong Khiaw and Muang Ngoi

Blacksmiths making knives - pretty hot work in this climate.  

The man turns a handle on the cylinder on the right and this blows air onto the coals

Bann Sop Jam - weaving village. Beautiful cotton and silk weaving.

What a beatiful sinh.  

See the blue, orange and red sinhs that are under the one she is working on?

Pretty hot and dusty.

Cotton laying out to dry

Leaving Ban Sop Jam

Back home - that's our little Bamboo hut 5th from the left with Jo's shirt hanging out to dry