Vientiane and the Boat Festival

Hannah, Laura, Jess and I managed to time our visit to the Laos capital, Vientiane quite well, so that it coincided with the festival they hold to celebrate the end of the monsoon season. As well as the boat races, there were loads of market stalls, fair ground rides and fun to be had!

Poster advertising the boat races.


The boat races themselves. We had no idea which team was which, but it seemed that neither did the rest of the onlookers so it didn't really matter!



The ferris wheel and dodgems were both really popular and involved a bit of friendly jostling with the locals to get on to them!
Street scene.