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Well,
Laos is the most delicious, relaxed, happy, peaceful country I've ever been to, it's like a beach town but with rice patties and mountains. I'll give you all a little taste of our first 3 days in Laos:
Day 1: we arrived in Laos sometime in the morning after a very easy transition from China,. A very relaxed Laotian asked us if we wanted a ride to town and charged us $2. We found a nice hostel for $7 a night, ate at a place called The Banana, had a few beers with a big lunch for about $3 and then took a lazy walk. Then we found another little restaurant with a patio and had a few beers, we met that cool German couple I mentioned before, got advice about India, went to the night market to people watch and then went to bed.
Day2: Woke up around 8ish had eggs, toast and a banana milkshake for breakfast $2 and rented two bicycles for the day, $1 each. Went on an amazing bike ride through some of the villages around town. We skipped rocks with some of the local children and said hello to about everyone in the town. We took a break and had lunch and beers at a little restaurant that overlooked the village. Then we got back on our bikes and rode through the rice patties and saw some stunning landscapes. We went back to our hostel, showered and then met the German couple for some beers and ate some Laos food. Lovely
Day 3: Woke up late, signed up for a 2 day trek through the jungle. It involves a 6 hour hike though the forest to a little village, we stay in the village for one night and then kayak back to town on the river. We also met a cool American couple that signed up with us. Then the laziness took us over, we ate and ate and ate, wrote in our journals while sitting in a swing. Had some beers then I took a nap while Craig interneted. I told him to wake me when it was feeding time again, then I ate some delicious soup and hung out with the American couple for a bit.
Tomorrow we are going to rent bikes again and ride to more villages and check out a crazy Chinese market then the day after we leave for our trek. Very very happy out here. So happy in fact that we have changed our itinerary to stay a month in SE Asia and fly out of Malaysia to Southern India. Love you all. And know that your daughter/friend/relative/shining star in the darkest skies is having a great time. Sorry this email isnt very well written but this is the new Laos version of me :).
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