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Saturday, June 24, 2006

Paksong, Tat Fan, Tat PhamNee and Pakse.

Paksong is lovely. It has only 2 main streets,this despite being the coffee capital of Laos. Located on the Bolaven plateau,an elevation of only 500m or so,it has cool weather. It is comfortable out of the sun during the day and chilly at night. It rains throughout the day but nothing terribly inconvenient. The Paksong market is busy with mountains of cabbages,the lovley aroma of coffee and traditional clothing. The traditional wevaed skirt looks like a sarong except that you augment the end with fancy silkweaves. A kilogram of the coffee costs only USD1.

From paksong,it's a short bus ride to see Tat Fan waterfalls. It is terribly risky to try to trek to the base of the waterfalls. A safer alternative is to

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