First Taste of Laos

After "dinner" we were looking for something to do and of course, there was absolutely nothing around, so we decided to go for a walk. After our unadventurous walk we returned to the village and saw all the villagers watching our host chase a bat with a giant bamboo stick.. that was their entertainment for the night! What a life! Surely twiddling your thumbs is more exciting... Throughout the evening Haakon showed the kids some magic tricks, Clare played cards with the daughter of our host, Mahta fell asleep and Paul anxiously waited for the minutes to pass. By 9:30 the entire village had gone to sleep.

Next morning we tried to sleep in as much as possible to decrease our waiting time, but the family had numerous people coming in an out and needless to say, they needed their living room which we were sleeping in. We woke up starving but quickly lost our appetite when the daughter had - for BREAKFAST - a handful of stiky rice plus a sweet we had given her. Where do these people get their vitamins from? I'm sure that girl would rather have brussels sprouts! Anyways, we didn't want breakfast, we just wanted the bus!!! Paul and Clare decided to shower in order to waste 20 minutes and decrease waiting time! As soon as they finished their shower and we were all packed and ready to leave, the most heavenly thing happened! The bus arrived 2 hours too soon! We were absolutely stoked and jumped at the bus! We were finally on our 5 hour journey to Xam Neau, what a relief...