Nong Kiew was a little village with not much in it but a great place to chill out. We were staying in little bungalows of the banks of the Nam Ou which was pretty cool minus the ants in the bathroom and kittens in the roof (at least there were no rats, one of which had become resident in Neill and Kylies room and enjoyed chewing through all their stuff!).
Some of us had a wander to the Patok cave which is cut into a huge limestone mountain. 300 people lived in the cave for 25 years during the Vietnam war and were only found out about and bombed when the Americans saw smoke emerging from the cave. The afternoon was just what I needed- time sleeping in a hammock! In the evening we discovered what a Lao “BBQ” is- hot pot! Not quite what we expected but a really enjoyable meal as we ate in a families restaurant/living room as they ran out on a scooter to buy more ingredients from the shop. I don't think they'd ever had so many people for tea!
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