4000 islands

After a 20 hour bus trip from Hanoi we arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. This capital is very small compared with the other cities we saw before, it's more like a big village. After 1 day we went by nightbus to the south of Laos, very close to the Cambodian boarder, to a region which is called 4000 islands. Here are many (maybe 4000 maybe less or more) islands in the Mekong river. How many islands can be found there, depends also on the water level of the river which is very low at the moment.
We went by boat to the Don Det islands, a popular one by tourists. On our second day we rent bicycles to get around this and Don Khon islands, a neighbor one.


Don Det islands is very nice, covered with palm trees and traditional houses. There are also many water buffalos around which like to take a bath and afterwards they lie down on a sandy field.


By bicycle we went around the islands to see some waterfalls. The Mekong passes between all the islands and down many waterfalls to get to Cambodia.


Our bungalow on the islands! A nice and relaxing place with a beautiful view on the Mekong and the next island.