The Ban Kern Adventure

This zoo adventure was surreal. SEE PHOTOS AT http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q164/erinfearn/SE%20Asia/Ban%20Kern%20Zoo/

We reached the zoo on a small local bus (which was actually a ute with a cage and 2 bench seats on the back), that a tuk tuk driver put us on. The hour-long trip was cosy with about 20 people piled in, and when we reached the zoo, we ate some tasty street food across the road before paying our entry.

When we entered the zoo however, there were wallabies and kangaroos and emus and crocodiles (LOTS of crocodiles!), and monkeys that were furiously masturbating. Furiously. And there was an excited elephant that became shockingly aroused by a sugar cane snack. No one knew where to look!! But we managed photos

And then we left the zoo at zoo closing time, to find that we had missed the last bus to Vientiane by 40 minutes! So we stuck our thumbs out, and were offered a ride on the back of a ute, by a woman asking us to each pay her $10 – $10 EACH! – for the ride. We walked on, and then a great big transport truck with a flat back trailer stopped, and the driver told us that all four of us (we were with Sofia and Henrik) we could ride in the cabin with him and his two friends. For free. No charge. What a nice man! And he took us all the way back to Vientiane. So we left him $10 anyway.

PS: Happy Birthday Mum!