We have gotten into Luang Prabang, or however you pronounce / spell it. We've met a few really interesting people here and gotten beer lao / food extremely cheap. There is something so cathartic about flushing your own toilet with the bucket / bowl combo.
The slow boat was amazing. A bit cramped, but the view of untouched (or rather post bombed) Laos is amazing. Like, seriously, amazing. I'll send pictures the next time I can. I don't know how specific I can really be at the moment. We spent the day riding mountain bikes around the town and drinking beer lao. The relaxed atmosphere is a nice change of pace.
Oh yeah, I took out $150 today... which is the equivalent to 1,444,000 kip. I took "gangsta pictures" to show how hood I am.
I honestly don't know much else. This portion of the trip is fairly hard to translate. It's like zen. The more I attempt to encapsulate it into words, the more the actual experience fails to be conveyed. I guess we are doing nothing... but we are also doing everything. I guess all I can really say is that I am really enjoying myself.
Oh yeah, my eye infection seems to be completely cleared up, which is great news (I was kinda freaking out as my eye felt 2 times its size and was leaking pus like a motherfucker).
Yeah, I'm sure my parents are listening, but I also believe that they might have a bit of an open mind to the experience. I really don't mind informing them that I'm smoking opium with the hill tribe people. As long as it's not ice.
I also spent most of the slow boat really stoned. Adam and I also bought a bottle of moonshine with the makeshift label "whiskey Lao" over a ketchup bottle. Whiskey Lao treats us good sometimes. She can be a cruel mistress.
There is a debate over skipping Cambodia and not seeing angor wat. This doesn't sit with me at ALL. I may have to break off with the group before we fly down to Phuket if they REALLY don't wish to see the most significant thing in SE Asia.
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Dude, course parents are cool under these circumstances. Just wondered if they were viewing because I don't see posts from them. Good for you. See Angor Wat (sp). Always wanted to do that myself! Take lots of pictures. Joe says the replica, just outside Branson, complete with Roy Horn's tigers, is wonderful too (he especially liked the ostrich races and the possums instead of monkeys but I'll let him fill you in). Take care & keep on postin', we're loving it! Jess
Alan, do they have a rehab here that specializes in people who smoke opium with the hill people? I haven't heard of it - so be careful. Love you, love you, love you. Thinking about you everyday.
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