{"id":5027,"date":"2012-06-03T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/litosasturias.com\/?p=5027"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:39:33","slug":"laos-moung-ngoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/laos-moung-ngoi\/","title":{"rendered":"Laos &#8211; Moung Ngoi, Nong Khiam."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nos esperaba el poblado de Moung Ngoi. Entonces, bajamos por el r\u00edo siguiendo la ruta recomendada por Frank. El trayecto tomaba unas cuatro horas, viajamos en una barca alargada con unos mini banquitos de madera para sentarse. Descendimos por el r\u00edo Nam Ou, abri\u00e9ndonos paso entre verticales monta\u00f1as. En la parte de atr\u00e1s de la barca estaba el barquero manejando el tim\u00f3n con una mano mientras que, con la otra, fumaba opio en una pipa. Solo el ruido del motor perturbaba el silencio. Est\u00e1bamos entrando a un lugar de dif\u00edcil acceso, y a la vez fr\u00e1gil y armonioso; el follaje se extend\u00eda ante nuestros ojos. Mirase donde mirase las monta\u00f1as se impon\u00edan y la vegetaci\u00f3n era exuberante. Era como si la selva me llamara de nuevo. A la orilla se asentaban las casas de bamb\u00fa. Los lugare\u00f1os cargaban sus mercanc\u00edas y grupos de ni\u00f1os desnudos se ba\u00f1aban y jugaban en el r\u00edo. Saltaron emocionados al vernos y corrieron a saludarnos. Seguimos nuestro recorrido por el r\u00edo.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_b54f85-1a{margin:-7px;}.kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_b54f85-1a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:7px;}.kb-gallery-id-_b54f85-1a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_b54f85-1a .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_b54f85-1a alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-gallery-id-_b54f85-1a kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4.jpg\" data-id=\"5028\" class=\"wp-image-5028 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi4-260x195.jpg 260w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/375;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de algunas horas llegamos a Moung Ngoi. Nos encontramos con un pueblo remoto, perdido entre la jungla y rodeado de monta\u00f1as. Solo se pod\u00eda acceder por barca. Ya en tierra, caminamos por la \u00fanica calle del pueblo, escuch\u00e1bamos el cacareo de las gallinas y nos topamos con algunas serpientes que sutilmente iban apareciendo. Los habitantes de Moung Ngoi apenas levantaban la voz. Solo el lao lao, un aguardiente fuerte, de unos cuarenta grados de alcohol, romp\u00eda su timidez. Nuestros bungal\u00f3s ten\u00edan esplendorosas vistas al r\u00edo y sus monta\u00f1as. De seis a nueve de la noche llegaba la electricidad, el resto del d\u00eda la aldea permanec\u00eda sin suministro el\u00e9ctrico.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_538019-71{margin:-7px;}.kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_538019-71 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:7px;}.kb-gallery-id-_538019-71 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_538019-71 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_538019-71 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-gallery-id-_538019-71 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi.jpg\" data-id=\"5029\" class=\"wp-image-5029 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/188;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi2.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi2.jpg\" data-id=\"5031\" class=\"wp-image-5031 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/188;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi3.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi3.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi3.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi3.jpg\" data-id=\"5032\" class=\"wp-image-5032 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/188;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Babajicarlos me visit\u00f3 aquella noche, prendi\u00f3 una vela y sac\u00f3 de una servilleta un poco de opio, que abundaba por aquellos parajes. Me anim\u00e9 a probarlo aquella noche. Com\u00ed un cachito y me lo tragu\u00e9. Cuando sal\u00ed a mi terraza vi a Babajicarlos echado, pensativo, en su hamaca, m\u00e1s callado a\u00fan que de costumbre, m\u00e1s sosegado. Por mi parte yo me qued\u00e9 pl\u00e1cido en mi cama, relajado, y con la puerta abierta. Cerr\u00e9 los ojos como un beb\u00e9 y ca\u00ed en un sue\u00f1o tranquilo y profundo. En un cielo dram\u00e1tico, luc\u00eda, enigm\u00e1tica, una media luna creciente. Al d\u00eda siguiente, sal\u00ed de la cama y me tumb\u00e9 en la hamaca a disfrutar de las vistas al r\u00edo. Pensaba que la planta adormidera <em>opium poppy<\/em> ten\u00eda la culpa de aquel estado de letargo que padec\u00eda. Lo cierto es que me gustaba pasar horas tumbado, al fin y al cabo, era la vida que yo hab\u00eda escogido; b\u00e1sica, sin luz en la habitaci\u00f3n ni agua corriente. Luego, al mediod\u00eda, sol\u00edamos almorzar en un buf\u00e9, al precio de cambio de un euro. Hab\u00eda comida suficiente para una larga jornada: arroz, verduras, pollo, pastas, frutas.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_f1c762-01{margin:-7px;}.kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_f1c762-01 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:7px;}.kb-gallery-id-_f1c762-01 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_f1c762-01 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_f1c762-01 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-gallery-id-_f1c762-01 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi5.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-port23 kb-has-image-ratio-port23\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi5.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi5.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi5.jpg\" data-id=\"5033\" class=\"wp-image-5033 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 188px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 188\/250;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi6.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-port23 kb-has-image-ratio-port23\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi6.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi6.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/muannoi6.jpg\" data-id=\"5034\" class=\"wp-image-5034 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 188px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 188\/250;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>                                                                <strong>NONG KHIAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nong Khiam era el tercer y \u00faltimo pueblo de la ruta marcada por Frank. Seguimos r\u00edo abajo durante una hora, pasamos por debajo de un gran puente y en \u00e9l nos detuvimos y salimos a buscar alojamiento. Al llegar al pueblo, encontramos que todas las calles estaban levantadas por obras. Ah\u00ed pasamos varios d\u00edas, viviendo con no m\u00e1s de cuatro o cinco euros al d\u00eda. Laos era un pa\u00eds muy econ\u00f3mico para viajar. La recomendaci\u00f3n de nuestro amigo Frank hab\u00eda sido perfecta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nos esperaba el poblado de Moung Ngoi. Entonces, bajamos por el r\u00edo siguiendo la ruta recomendada por Frank. El trayecto tomaba unas cuatro horas, viajamos en una barca alargada con unos mini banquitos de madera para sentarse. Descendimos por el r\u00edo Nam Ou, abri\u00e9ndonos paso entre verticales monta\u00f1as. En la parte de atr\u00e1s de la &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,12],"tags":[61],"class_list":{"0":"post-5027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-asia","8":"category-vuelta-al-mundo","9":"tag-laos","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5027"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13738,"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027\/revisions\/13738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlosmunozgonzalez.com\/litosasturias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}