Extended Laos!

So have been lolling around in Laos, Luang Prubang specifically for the past 8 days and (unbelievably) am really ready to go home.  I think the excitement of eating out and seeing all these spectacular things has worn off a little - I'm ready to go home for some 'normalcy' and can't wait to see Stace!  So the best activities of the past few days have been 1. another facial today and 2. the xuangsi waterfalls - they are more magnificent than the brochures/websites have depicted (see photo) .. the water was an incredible green/turquoise colour that I've never seen before.

at Xuangsi Waterfalls near Luang Prubang

Here's a piccie of me tutoring a Lao teenager at the Big Brother Mouse project - you just turn up between 9-11 on any day and kids will be there who want to practice their English with you - I also bought him a dictionary as he'd lost his - long story!

The librarian in LP who runs the book bag scheme for poor illiterate village children

Here's a great pic of a young monk bashing flowers out of a tree for the offerings I guess...

Anyhoo the computer is playing up so will finish this blog entry when I get to Bangkok tomorrow. I've booked my last 2 nights at a hotel right near the airport, and hopefully they are not under water - no response to my email so I could be sleeping on my luggage for the last 2 nights.  Au revoir!


(How prophetic that was - see next entry!)


So, time's up in Laos and I'm ready to go - cash running a bit low so not going on the Plain of Jars tour or doing too much else either - but LP is certainly lovely and I've had a relaxing time eating and drinking beer Lao!  On to BKK!!