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pakse-paksong food and…

in the 1970s Laos was the most bombed country in history. We visited a coffee shop which was partly destroyed by something and highlighted some of the weaponry was used against the objects of the bombing some of which included innocent civilians.

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The cappuccino and sweets were very nice
You can see the bullet holes in the walls
This pizza in this small town of Pakse was amazingly delicious
Selling frogs at the local market for lunch or dinner
Nice spicy salads in the nice sunny weather
Picking out avocados at $.70 a kilo
Red ants have created a nest of leaves filled with eggs which are a delicacy
It really wonderful avocado and mango smoothie made in a bistro owned by a German fellow who was from a small town near Munich where we happen to be going in the next week
Avocados growing everywhere
And of course we have to have some Korean food to spice up our life
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Paksong -Southern Laos (coffee, tea, avocados)

Local monks helping fix the walkway by the river
A beautiful sunset in Pakse
Waiting with the family tractor for the rain to stop
Tad fang waterfall in Poksong
Do you wanna do the zip line across the canyon? Pretty scary
You can have a table sent along on the zip line so you can drink your coffee suspended over the canyon. They have another option so you can sleep in a hammock on the zip line over the canyon. Is that on your bucket list?
The dogs don’t care who’s doing the zip line training
Parallel zip lines. The guy in Orange on the right is getting his phone ready to video the person on the left as they go across the canyon
Avocados are available in this area for about $.70 per kilo and they are delicious. Most people have avocado trees in their yard and then they put up a little stand in front of their house on the road to sell their avocados
There was quite an accident with these trucks and trailers
A captured American army Jeep with the wrong force identifier under the windshield. It obviously it’s still running but has been extensively used
This very aggressive Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer is using 3M for some parts of their manufacturing and probably display the company symbol. This was on a local taxi, part of a new, inexpensive, taxi service in Vientiane
The new Lao development bank in Pakse. The architecture is a little bewildering. It is very white.
The kid on the back really wanted to wave to me but he is following the strict orders from his younger brother who is driving to hang on tight and not let go
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Pakse, Laos – And a highland paradise (coffee included)

Tad Fan Waterfall

Pakse is a beautiful small town in the southern part of Laos and right next to the entrance to the Paksong Highlands where they grow a lot of very delicious coffee and have some very beautiful waterfalls. It’s a really great place to visit and I recommend renting a motorcycle or car to go up into the Highlands and look around. There are also some beautiful temples to visit so just spend about four or five days there and enjoy.

how many languages?
future dinners
nice view
vegetable market
some like it hot!
lots of bread and sandwich makers in Laos (PATE)
some beautiful waterfalls have lost their support
coffee areas are HIGH
beautiful Nagas welcome and protect temples
Wat PU, UNESCO site, old hindu temple unfinished
cooks scrambling to meet this restaurant’s demand
stay right by the view and have a beer. morning is beautiful
just don’t fall backwards
zipline across the canyon? hell NO!
beautiful place to view the top of the waterfall
Tad Yeung waterfall
a little scary
a nearby botanical hot house area
never saw this one before
beautiful butterfly
very red!

going to DAO HUEANG market, biggest market in Pakse district
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The song of coffee in paksong

The green and white flags are slightly east of the blue dot and represent the paksong area

Paksong is about 40 km east of Pakse, which is in the south of Laos and is known for its coffee plantations and excellent coffee beans.  It’s very nice riding up there during the rainy season since everything is green, but traveling off the main road can be very tricky since the dirt roads are most often very wet and the fine red volcanic soil, good for coffee bean growing, is very dangerous for two wheel traveling. it’s extremely slippery. we slipped once putting a few scratches on the motorcycle.

At a local coffee shop, the baristo is very carefully creating a nice design on a cup of coffee with some milk. 

The coffee processing factory. 

Roasting tea leaves. 

Here are ripe red coffee beans on the bush.

Here you see a ripe red coffee bean.
Inside are two sections. One section has a very soft greenish gel like covering.  the second section is a more dry brown half of the bean.  
When you separate the two halves, as you can see here, you notice the dryer brown section is somewhat concave.