Return to Xengkhoung

We are returning to Ventiane via xengkhoung today. That will probably take us more or less 7 hour by road through the mountains and meandering road. We were bid farewell by the Governor who joined us for breakfast. I have been overwhelmed by his graciousness and warm treatment since the first day we arrived to his hometown. This visit has been a very memorable one and one that I won't forget. Last night we were feted with a grand dinner. There was a fashion show of the ethnic groups here with their traditional costume.

We are now on the road. I can't describe how frightening it is to drive through the meandering road that zig zags across the mountains. All I can see is beautiful mountain ranges but the road appears to be hanging on the hill sides and on both sides I can see are deep crevices and clifts 100s of metres high. I keep thinking if Inpone my driver made one wrong move, the 4 wheel car we are driving in would surely fall into one of those clifts. So the usual me keeps nagging him to drive slowly.