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Our cookie shuttle driver loading luggage on the roof
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Luang Prabang --> Phonsavan
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Luang Prabang --> Phonsavan
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Luang Prabang --> Phonsavan
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A foggy morning in Phonsavan
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They have artillery shells EVERYWHERE from the war
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Close up on some of America's finest
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And the stockpile in back of the tourist office!
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Warnings from MAG when you enter the Plain of Jars sites
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The foggy walk to the first Plain of Jars site
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Swiss crosses over into the "unsafe" zone
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Plain of Jars, Site 1
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Plain of Jars, Site 1
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Plain of Jars, Site 1
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Swiss and one of the larger jars
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Mr muscle tries to push the jar
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Jars and our arch-nemesis, the evil early morning rooster
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Plain of Jars, Site 1
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Plain of Jars, Site 1
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It's like Whac-a-mole! :)
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Can you spot the small person in the side of the jar?
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Many of the jars have lids
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Rice at the start of the whiskey process
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The distillation apparatus, heated slowly in the ground
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The tray that collects condensed distillate (whiskey)
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Cool water is placed on top in order to condense the whiskey vapors
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The lovely Lao woman that makes whiskey in this hut
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It was strong...not too bad
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And my new buddy :)
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The hut where she makes her whiskey
