Friday, March 21, 2008

the Gibbon Experience

After Chiang Rai, Dan and I crossed the Thai-Laos border (just a 5 minute boat ride across the Mekong River).

Our primary destination in Laos was the "Gibbon Experience" -- an eco-tourism forest conservation project. We spent 3 days and 2 nights living in a nature reserve. We slept in treehouses and spent all day trekking and zip-lining through the jungle. Awesome! Unfortunately we didn't get to see any of the Black Gibbons (cute little apes), but it was a great few days.

Border crossing (Mekong in the background).

An early-morning view from our treehouse.

Here's a glimpse of one of the medium length/speed zip-lines. So fun!
Stunning scenery.




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kevin, that place looks awesome! So jealous!

I'm probably going to do some traveling in SE Asia early/mid-2009, and am very happy to have found your blog. Keep posting your stories.