vang viang, phonsavan and loung prabang

ok, above and below are the bridge over to the cave, vang viang




pool near cave! very clear!!

lots of steps up to cave







view out from cave



above, supposed to look like buddist with ulms bowl


notice above at plain of jars sit one, and below the largest jar


tour guide in 'his' jar





a reminder that the war had taken place here too, with trenches and bomb craters amoungst the jars!!
above and below, a cave that the local fighters used to shelter from the bombs



above, is it supposed to be a lid, its unknown, but someone 6 years ago put this here anyway!
above and below, the romantic site where two lovers who were forbidden to see each other by family decided to kill themselves, being reincarnated into a tree and jar, forever intertwined!! ahhhh

above, maybe this couple had a fight!!

above is the longest jar, about eight feet i think he said?






above and below, fermenting rice for rice wine, the %40 stuff is quite good!!

above, this was once a bomb, now used as pressure pump for motorbikes!! how cool!!

above, view from food place where the owner wanted me to be her son in law!! she was only kidding, i think?
above and below iss the journey to luang prabang, saw mangled wreck of lrry which fell down the cliff on one of these journeys!

below pics are from sites in loaung prabang, including the caves!