Day 654 - A lazy lie-in

Even though we woke up just as the sun was finishing coming up, we managed to spend the morning doing nothing much - which actually was the plan when we chose to come to Chiang Khan, a sleepy riverside town with nothing much to do. We basically swung on the hammock, lazed on bamboo beds and spent some quality time with our books! Though we occasionally broke our eyes away from reading to gazed upon the Mekong as it lazily flowed its way past our veranda.

Around lunch time we finally ventured out for food and then in the heat of the day decided to hire bikes to explore some of the surrounding countryside. We made our way out to a popular picnic spot on the river, famous for its rapid, though these ripples wouldn't hardly qualify for rapids in NZ!! It was nice to cycle around though and watch local Thais enjoying their Sunday afternoon banquettes while watching their kids swim in the water.

We cycles along a small lane sheltered by banana and coconut trees - a nice respite from the glaring sun, and made some detours down some more bumpy and forested trails. At each time though the trail came to an end and we found ourselves at the entrance to a local's home hidden amongst the trees.

At the end of the day we found ourselves relaxing at a local kids park beside the river, where Adam had his fun on the super-sized slide! We ended zipping off home as lighting and thunder made its way towards us - though the storm never fully eventuated, it was a nice excuse to get back to the hammock!

The rain cleared and we got another great sunset, and after dinner we went for a stroll along the river and picked up some delicious Thai pancakes for dessert.

Adlibing it on wheels.