pondweed anyone?

morning boat up the nam ou from nong khiaw to muang ngoi neua. first task of the day? preventing the dawes from putting the head on a rude drunk french f*ck who was bleeting at us in the queue for the boat. tempers cooled (in part due to the feezing temperatures) we headed upstream to even more laidback land of laos....

these green sheets are algae picked from the river mashed and then dried with some sesame seeds and garlic. a final fry and they're ready as a tastey accompaniment to a beer laos or 2.......