Pottery Village with Wimitja

The pottery village is over the  Mekong river so we caught the  car Ferry across with  our bikes.

The Pottery village was about 3 km away from the Ferry in 30 degrees and near %100 humidity.  Wimitja was surprised that I was covered in Sweat at the end.

The wheel  is spun buy hand - it is a near ground level.

Spun pots

On this side of the river is a line of Wats temples - we visited an old Wat which over looks the Luang Prabang

What is missing from this photo is 3 novice monks about Wimitja size carrying 19 Kg water containers on their backs up the stairs. Wimitja was amazed that boys his size could carry such heavy weight - so am I

Buddha from the Wat

This is the flag on the Ferry - lots off old Soviet Union era flags in vintage states displayed on public and private buildings. 

 Home again

Drying Bael fruit    -  see link  for more information
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegle_marmelos

another photo of Luang Prabang from the Wat  -  you can start to see how the town is surrounded by mountains