Champasak and Wat Phou

On the way back to Pakse we arranged to be dropped off at the ferry for Champasak and after ariving well after nightfall were pretty fortunate to make the last ferry. We climbed onto the back of a friendly locals bakkie and caught a ride with him to his guesthouse.

The following morning we set off on bicycles travelling about 8km south to Wat Phou. Even older than Angor the complex consists of a few buildings positioned on different terraces, all connected by a long and hypnotically beautiful row of Frangipani trees. We explored for a couple of hours and the when the heat and the onslaught of tour groups reached unbearable proportions we made our way back into town and stepped onto a long boat that took the 4 of us 2 hours up the Mekong and back to the centre of Pakse.