4000 Islands

After a hectic couple of days in Pakse i set off for the 4000 islands to spend a day or 2 chilling in the hammocks.  The islands are supposed to be one of the most laid back places in Laos where nothing much happens.  I headed to the Island of Don Det which was apparently where all the parties etc happen but it was still relatively quiet as high season is in a week or so so it was easy to find somewhere cheap to stay and pretty quiet on the Island. You can cycle round the Island in less than an hour but we had pretty terrible bikes and the roads were mostly sand tracks so it took a while, I also crossed to Dong Kong which was the next island down and the French had built a bridge linking the two islands together.  There was the remains of train tracks and also a rusty old train on the island from when the French thought that they could build links between Cambodia and China for importing goods but it never happened.  Don Det is also a good place to see Dolphins but I didn't have time for day trip so just enjoyed the sunsets instead.