Road to the Mekong upstream

The one hour tuk tuk ride to another bank of the Mekong (upstream) was like being in turbulence on a plane - except we had no seatbelts and the windows were open!

I took this photo below to show how the low banks of the Mekong are used for growing crops during the dry season. When the wet season comes this will be part of the Mekong. It's also showing that people in developing countries live WITH the environment. When the Xayaburi dam is built up river, the water flow will decrease and it will change the lives of Laotians (and people in Cambodia & Vietnam) who depend on the Mekong to survive. 

Here are a group of Lao women making a pilgrimage to the caves. Do you see their parasols?

 

Monks also go to the caves. Mum took this photo of a monk, who was taking a photo of HER!

Heading to the caves.