The bus dropped us at Ban Nakasan after a relatively short journey from Pakse so we hoisted backpacks and went in search of the boat to take us over to Don Khone. You can hardly tell it is me in the photo, just a little pair of arms and legs jutting out.
Matt and I enjoying the boat ride over to Don Khone on the "turquoise waters of Four Thousand islands"...
We may not have turquoise water but we have amazing sunsets.
After a hearty meal, food incredible and cheap at our guesthouse, a good night sleep and early morning alarm call of the usual monk gong and roosters we hired bikes and set out to explore Don Khone and Det.
View from Don Khone
School looked way too fun!
All in all lots of exploring around the islands on bikes but we decided against the organised tour to see the Irwaddy dolphins and waterfalls, really expensive and we knew we stood a better chance of seeing the dolphins in Kratie.
Photo of Don Det from the river, party town was pretty dead when we cycled through about 11-midday but remnants remained.
Leaving Don Khone on the 8am long tail delivered more entertainment value as a rather small boat arrived to transfer us and a Dutch couple across to the mainland. The Dutch couple had already cycled from Switzerland, through Eastern Europe, Iran, China and down through South East Asia and would then be heading to Australia, New Zealand and South America, impressive huh! Obviously this gave Matt and I the idea for our next travel adventure...not!! They had ordered a large boat so that their bikes and mountains of gear would fit, this had obviously been missed in translation much to their annoyance. We set about helping the boatman load and lodge everything on the boat, tiptoeing perilously on and perching where there was space. The boat, now worryingly low in the water, limped out of Don Khone only to stop at Don Det to take on two more backpackers! Limping into the mainland we then helped ferry their gear, only a few items slightly damp from the odd droppage or two as we all balanced on the muddy bank to hoist items to dry sand. We then joined the huge group of backpackers waiting for the bus on to Cambodia.
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