Muang Ngoi Neua
After two months without writing, I return to post the few pictures I took in Kolakata and to open a new section for Laos. In between I have been to Thailand, but this time if I have it clear, Thailand leaves me cold, I have not found anything in this country that I woke my curiosity, I think is the East Asian country more westernized, not even I’ve been wanting to photograph the temples, as meeting all alike.
As refers to Kolakatathe lack of photographs is not because I did not like, but just the opposite, of the big cities of India, at least for me, is the best by far, in fact I was almost three weeks, and a photo if I did, but not that he deserved, because it is very photogenic, as I took a creative slump and decided to leave the camera parked, here I leave the link of the latest pictures of India:
Kolkata
About 10 days ago, I cross the border of Laos, wanting to leave behind Thailand and know a new country, crossed the Mekong river I went to the bus station Huay Xai and buy the ticket to go to Luang Nam Tha, after three hours of delay and four of travel I arrive at my destination, the town is simple, no beauty, but with a fairly large market and economic places to eat. Around Luang Nam Tha are a few towns or settlements, living in the field of garment manufacturing and the local liqueur Lao Lao, which are the main attraction of the area. After a week I decided it was time to move my ass and went to Nong Khiaw. A village on the banks of the Nam Ou river and where I finally began to remove the camera from the bag to make some snapshots. This is a quiet village, although I have said Laos is a country full quiet even for some, of which at the moment I do not include myself, bored. Here you can walk or rent a bike to see the surrounding villages or a natural setting and is a stop required for all who want to go to Muang Ngoi Neua, like me. Anyway I decided to spend a couple of nights here, and is that the place has its charm, especially if you leave the street where are grouped all guest house and restaurant and cross the bridge to go to what I believe is the real town it has two main streets that converge on the bridge and in between these, are the simplest and typical buildings of the area, are wooden structures or also from billet, topped with a thatched roof that usually conceals a metal plate, which prevents in case of rain, leaks. Within this area are dirt streets, the people take the shadows of some large tree or some shed to meet, you can also find a small market to buy vegetables or test a noodle soup (I do not really know because they have this habit of eating soup with this heat).
After two nights, I took the only possible transport to get to Muang Ngoi Neua, some boats that make this journey every day, so at 11 am boarding and arrive matter of an hour, after giving up the stairs access to the jetty, I saw that the village basically had a main street and little else, after finding somewhere to sleep I went for a walk around the town, but end soon, I think it’s a good place to relax and meet people, perhaps also to make a tour around the villages nearby, whether on foot, bike or kayak, there is also a cave nearby, but seen the reactions of those who had visited I decided that if I did not visit, was okay.
This morning after 2 nights, I woke up at 6 to see them market that takes place every 10 days (all fortunate to have coincided with the market) and today whether the camera worked, I was waiting for a day like this, in this market meet people from neighboring villages and local, to sell their products either vegetables, sweets and clothes, but the most successful product or at least the fastest-selling was tobacco, sell it in bulk and rolled it with notebook paper, that if recycled, meaning that everything is written, so they smoke tobacco, ink and unsmokable paper. After the market, I did my bag and I took the boat back to Nong Khiaw, from where I’m finally writing.
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