Boating on the Mekong_____All Photos ©Peter Whittlesey

The Pak Ou Caves are a classic tourist destination, but I think the best part is traveling up the Mekong on a slow boad "soaking" it all in.

Down by the boat ramp this girl was stocking up the french bread The best coffee spot in Laos is on the Mekong in LP. "Seap lai!" A group photo on our slow boat as it heads up the Mekong Bill sitting under the "captains roof" escaping a brief rain shower A larger boat that serves as a "Mekong bus" These fast boats are obnoxious. Way too loud and too fast Shot of two boats crossing the Mekong The Lao flag fluttering in the breeze as we head up the Mekong The Mekong during the rainy season is so many shades of brown These huts are part of a restaurant we ate at on another day A wat on an island being visited by some monks and local Lao I loved the contrast of the dark green of the big tree against the smaller trees The Pak Ou Caves carved out of this Limestone cliff Tracey praying at Pak Ou Tim praying at Pak Ou Anne praying at Pak Ou Looking out at the Mekong from inside the Pak Ou caves There are thousands of Buddha statues of all sizes in the caves I like the form of this carved water serpent against the mountains