How did it get there?

 

Each morning we asked ourselves "How did they make these tree houses"  AMAZING, in the middle of the jungle in the middle of nowhere and up a VERY high tree.

Misty Jungle Morning

The mornings were cool and misty and magical in the treehouse.  Unbelievably I was awake at 6.30am.  Some in the group were out on the lines, but I thought it was safer to wait for the guide.  Zip lining before breakfast - WOW.

Zipping out of the Tree house

Accommodation on the Gibbon Experience was in tree houses.  Constructed near the canopy, 50 m + above the ground, they could only be accessed by zip lines.  Here is  our guide Khert, zipping out.  Yes, I had done the same thing 5 minutes prior to taking this photo.

Food and hot water were zipped in as well - totally amazing.

Back From the Jungle

Back in Vientiane today after  a week's holiday for the "boat racing".  I spent the time in the north of Laos, especially in the far north -west corner, what was once part of the Golden Triangle, near the border with Thailand and Myanmar.  

A highlight was  "The Gibbon Experience".  I spent three days in the jungle, zip lining into tree houses in the jungle and trekking through the forest. It was amazing.  No Gibbons were spotted, but the views from the treehouses were magnificent.

SALSA - the Action part

Rock climbing yesterday, cycling and zip lining today.  We are all enjoying the Action part of SALSA.

Some concerns regarding risk assessment, but hope suing isn't part of the Laos culture.

The road was very rocky and bumpy with various traffic hazards from wandering cattle to crazy tourists in dune buggys and the usual speeding motor cyclists and 4WDs.

At the zipline today we had to stand on a rickety chair, with half the seat missing when we finished one of the lines- made me question the security of the lines.

Rock climbing was great and if you look closely the pink dot at the top of the photo is me.

Autumn leaves

Another tree from my day zipplining in jungle.  Loved the delicate golden leaves on this gigantic tree.

Down from the Trees

 Part of the zip line experience was to abseil down from a tree at the end.
Another adventure.

Flight of the Gibbon - Another Adventure

Thanks to Buddha we had a day off last Wednesday, so I went ziplining (fancy type of flying fox) with Flight of the Gibbon.  It was exhilarating zipping through the jungle, on  5 km of ziplines, the longest of which was 800m.  The scary part was the narrow and shaky swing bridges between some of the stations. 
We also saw some Gibbons.
An awesome afternoon of adventure.