The view from my "office"

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Luang Prabang office. Booked a hire car for tomorrow and off up north to Luang Namtha and Nong Khiew before returning here for another 4 days. Driving here should be interesting!




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House bunnies:

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Enjoy the accommodation in Nong Khiaw

 

[Cossie]

Enjoy the accommodation in Nong Khiaw

I could only get three days there, but it certainly looks good.

There are many, many chinese registered cars here in L.P., so I figure the road north can't be too bad.

 

[JohnM]

Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe on again. Interesting enough, but not one of the better years IMHO.

 

[JohnM]

And some more.









These were made of cable ties. Kids, including my 2yo grandy, liked them.

 

[henleybeach]

Sky on fire tonight at work in Adelaide

 

[kookaburra75]

Waiting in yet another airport "office", although this one is a bit more enjoyable as MrsK and I are on holidays (trip report to come) - working/waiting in the SIN EK Lounge

 

[VPS]

Sky on fire tonight at work in Adelaide

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Just dropped a friend off at the airport and when I got home looked out the window and wished I'd headed to the beach instead of coming straight home. The sky looked an amazing colour

 

[henleybeach]

Just dropped a friend off at the airport and when I got home looked out the window and wished I'd headed to the beach instead of coming straight home. The sky looked an amazing colour

Unbelievable colours , it looked stunning about 5 mins after that photo when I was driving the train between Marino and Hallet cove beach , the view over the ocean with that sunset was magic

 

[Milboo]

But then I thought they decided to allow them again. Must say I didn’t see any though.

Yeah. They allowed them back last week. Think they’re due back on the street this week.

 

[drron]

I thought they should be banned from the footpaths.you don't here them coming.nearly got bowled over once and saw several near misses.Plus the things left just anywhere.

 

[drron]

Our Black swans are doing well.Saw them coming up the canal so walked down.daddy swan immediately took off and flew to me with the rest of the family swimming.

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No human traits in swans.Daddy would steal from the mouths of his progeny.I now have worked out how to get the males to one side so the younger females can get something.

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Daddy is the larger adult with longer neck and slightly darker plumage.similiarly with the male offspring-larger and darker plumage than his 2 sisters.It was he leading the rest of the family across the canal.
The office is good for bird watching.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Back in the mobile office again this morning.


Gold Coast, Australia


Sydney, Australia

 

[Captain Halliday]

Memo to plane spotters: we watch you too.


Sydney, Australia

 

[OATEK]

Como from the Oatley side

 

[Cossie]

I could only get three days there, but it certainly looks good.

There are many, many chinese registered cars here in L.P., so I figure the road north can't be too bad.

Hmmm, well it was a lot worse than I thought it would be, potholes big enough to swallow small cars in some places, huge chinese trucks belching thick black smoke, cars and trucks just stop on the road when they visit stalls and shops.
Anyway there were some really good twisty sections which would make any motorcyclist very happy! Twisty, up and down. There is a big dam being constructed (yes another one), just north of LP and here the road is badly chopped up, due I'm sure to the construction trucks.
Further north wherever there is work associated with the new high speed rail line it's the same. The scale of this build has to be seen, incredible.
The boss has some photos which I will try and post, I was too busy concentrating on the road to take any. Glad I don't have to drive that road again, whoops, actually we do, Friday from Luang Namtha to Nong Khiaw, then next Monday back to LP.

Couldn't get to Luang Namtha in one trip so we stayed at a really nice hotel called Charming Lao Hotel in Oudomxay, was pleasantly surprised by the room, food and staff, highly recommended.



Luang Namtha.



Spot the cat



Drove as close the the chinese border as we could, but the paperwork involved to go into the last Lao town seemed too great, so we turned around and back tracted a bit to Luang Namtha, anyway here is some information on Boten in Laos.

The Rise, Fall and Possible Renewal of a Town in Laos on China’s Border


35 years ago I was on the chinese side of the border in Jinhong and Mengla and some other small towns, the border to Vietnam from China was closed as they were having a spat, the Burmese and Lao borders were also closed. From Luang Namtha you can get a bus there in about 3 hours, how things change!

 

[JessicaTam]

The FRA waiting room for today’s office.

 

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I love that bridge! (OT, but I also like that backpack. Brand? Weight? Durability?)

 

[love_the_life]

Hmmm, well it was a lot worse than I thought it would be, potholes big enough to swallow small cars in some places, huge chinese trucks belching thick black smoke, cars and trucks just stop on the road when they visit stalls and shops.
Anyway there were some really good twisty sections which would make any motorcyclist very happy! Twisty, up and down. There is a big dam being constructed (yes another one), just north of LP and here the road is badly chopped up, due I'm sure to the construction trucks.
Further north wherever there is work associated with the new high speed rail line it's the same. The scale of this build has to be seen, incredible.
The boss has some photos which I will try and post, I was too busy concentrating on the road to take any. Glad I don't have to drive that road again, whoops, actually we do, Friday from Luang Namtha to Nong Khiaw, then next Monday back to LP.

Couldn't get to Luang Namtha in one trip so we stayed at a really nice hotel called Charming Lao Hotel in Oudomxay, was pleasantly surprised by the room, food and staff, highly recommended.

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Luang Namtha.

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Spot the cat

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Drove as close the the chinese border as we could, but the paperwork involved to go into the last Lao town seemed too great, so we turned around and back tracted a bit to Luang Namtha, anyway here is some information on Boten in Laos.

The Rise, Fall and Possible Renewal of a Town in Laos on China’s Border


35 years ago I was on the chinese side of the border in Jinhong and Mengla and some other small towns, the border to Vietnam from China was closed as they were having a spat, the Burmese and Lao borders were also closed. From Luang Namtha you can get a bus there in about 3 hours, how things change!

I think I found it.

 

[Flashback]

I love that bridge! (OT, but I also like that backpack. Brand? Weight? Durability?)

Looks like Osprey, 65L or so maybe?

 

[RooFlyer]

The view 50 years ago today.