I was told the bus should take about 8 or 12 hours to traverse the 200kms but I had met a French girl the day before who came north and said it took her 26 hours. There are a lot of road works in this region and there are very long time delays. We waited for about 3 hours at one stop and another hour at another stop. Ended up taking us about 16 hours to do the trip, but it was fairly pleasant. Going through many mountains... 
past villages...
and lots of dirt road and logging trucks...
There are a heap of Vietnamese here doing the road construction with massive machinery.. some of the road carvings are enormous.I ended up getting into Paxxan about 12:30 and got myself a guest house... the fellow there wanted more money because it was so late but I told him I wouldn't pay extra and I got an OK price anyway...
Left early the next morning and went to Tha Keak. Got here about lunch time and was fairly hot. I decided to walk the 2 ks into town and get some lunch on the way. I met a fellow at lunch who was a teacher at a school. He invited me to come that night to teach the children some English.. pronunciation etc...
I read a book and the children read the sentences after me. The teachers and I went out for dinner afterwards...
was very nice.There were some kids on the side of the road wanting money from the foreigners. They were grabbing at your pockets and camera etc. I tried to get their photos...
See that blur in the top right corner?? That is a kid who would not stop bouncing.. I could not get a photo of him.. he would not stop... Bounce Bounce Bounce.. Was very funny!!
Only spent one day here and headed off south to Sevaneket.It was very hot here...
Nice shady tree...
Hired a bike the first day and went for a ride with Noy...
Had some nice food for lunch and went for a bit of a ride around town...
Spent a few days here eating good foods and enjoying an afternoon beer while watching the colorful yet disturbing sunsets...
Thats Thailand on the other side of the river.Thee is a very large amount of smoke in the air here from fires. Every one seems to be burning stuff all the time.
