twentyfifth...laos....part three

8.12.07.
8.35AM...AWAKE...BUT NOT YET WITH IT...NOTHING NEW...READ LATE.
9.00AM...SHOWER...NEEDA A HAIRCUT!
9.40AM...SCANDY CAFE...CUPPA TEA REQUIRED...2 FRIED EGG...BAGUETTE TO DIP...BOWL OF FRUIT.
10.15AM...SECOND CUPPA...IRISH CHAP JOINS US.
12.05PM...NU GONE ON INTERNET...I TOOK A SEAT AT THE COCONUT CAFE...SAID SHE'D ONLY BE HALF AN HOUR?
1.00PM...NO SIGN OF NU.
2.00PM...NO SIGN OF NU.
3.00PM...OH HELLO STRANGER...NEED A BEER?...THIS IS BECOMING A NONE DAY...NEARLY FINISHED MY BOOK.
3.40PM...PIZZA.
5.00PM...BACK AT GUESTHOUSE...PACKING...VANGVIENG,HERE WE COME!
6.30PM...WENT BACK TO INTERNET CAFE...EARLIER NU HAD ASKED A CHAP THERE IF HE COULD DE-VIRUS A MEMORY CARD SO WE COULD GET OUR PICTURES BACK...AND LIKE MAGIC HE PERFORMS A MIRACLE...THAT MANY A SHOP WE HAD TRIED COULDN'T...NU HAD HER PICTURES BACK...NU BEAMED...WHICH WAS GOOD NEWS...CAUSE NOW SHE DIDN'T MIND GOING TO WATCH THE FOOTBALL...VILLA/PORTSMOUTH.
7.20PM...HIVE BAR...RED WINE.
7.45PM...KICK OFF.
7.56PM...PORTSMOUTH ONE UP!
8.23PM...PORTSMOUTH TWO UP!
8.35PM...HALF TIME...NOT HAPPY WITH THE SCORE LINE!
9.16PM...PORTSMOUTH THREE UP!...VILLA ARE A JOKE.
9.23PM...VILLA SCORE.
9.35PM...GAME OVER...NEED MORE WINE.
9.40PM...PLAYING POOL...WON 3...LOST 1...WHO CARE'S?
10.45PM...WALKING BACK TO GUESTHOUSE.


9.12.07.
7.00AM...ALARM...NOT REALLY BOTHERED...VILLA LOST...NOTHING SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE.
7.30AM...UP...SHAVE...SHOWERED.
8.00AM...DRESSED.
8.20AM...ON GUESTHOUSE STEPS WAITING FOR PICKUP FOR VANGVIENG.
8.35AM...PICK UP ARRIVE...SHOULD BE THERE FOR 1PM?
10.40AM...FIRST STOP...CHICKEN SALAD BAGUETTE.
11.55AM...TALKING WITH SINGEPORIAN...WISH HE'D SHUT UP...NEED TO REST...NEED TO HOLD ON AT TIMES...UP MOUNTAINS...TWISTING...TURNING...HAIRPIN BENDS...NOT A STRAIGHT ROAD IN SIGHT...THRU LITTLE VILLIAGE AFTER LITTLE VILLIAGE...WONDERFUL SCENERY...WONDERFUL DWELLINGS...SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD COME AND LIVE HERE IN THIS EMPTINESS...BUT I GUESS ITS ONLY BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE THE OPTION...THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
2.30PM...AT LAST WE'VE ARRIVED...FUNNY 1.00PM...STILL THE TRIP WAS ENJOYABLE.
3.00PM...RENTED A WOODEN HUT ON STILTS NEXT TO THE RIVER...5 DOLLAR FOR BOTH FOR THE NIGHT.
4.40PM...JUST EATEN SUNDAY DINER!...PORK/LAMB/ROAST SPUDS/CABBAGE/CARROTS/BEANS...NOT SURE...HAD TO TRY...HAPPY TO HAVE EATEN...PIZZA WOULD HAVE SUFFICED.
5.50PM...WALKED MAIN STREET...BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF BACARDI/BOTTLE OF COKE...THOUGHT WE'D SIT ON OUR STILT HUT BALCONY...MANY PEOPLE IN CAFES LYING ON BEDS WATCHING EPISODES OF 'FRIENDS'...I CAN'T GET MY HAT ON!...I WISH I COULD WRITE 'SAD' ON EACH AND EVERYONE OF THE FOREHEADS!
6.40PM...BACK AT STILT HUT...FAT 2 INCH BEETLE SCURRIES AROUND THE BALCONY...FAIR ENOUGH...ITS HIS/HER HOME MORE THAN OURS...SAME GOES FOR THE GECKO[LIZARD]...TURNED THE OUTSIDE LIGHT ON...OF COURSE IT ATTRACTED EVERY INSECT...BEGINNING TO FEEL ITCHY!
6.50PM...NU SCREAMS...A 4 INCH COCKROACH JUMPS OUT OF THE TOILET ROLL TUBE...ITS UNDER THE BED...I NEARLY SWORE...I THINK NU SPOUTED SOME LATIN!
6.55PM...PEERING BEHIND BED...ITS AGAINST THE SKIRTING BOARD...LOOKING EVIL.
7.05PM...SPOKE WITH FAMILY WE ARE RENTING FROM...I DETECTED A SNICKER OR TWO.
7.15PM...BACK IN ROOM WITH CHAP...OF COURSE THE BEAST AS DONE A RUNNER...HE CAN'T HELP.
7.20PM...HE LEAVES...WE SIT DOWN CAUTIOUSLY...THE EVIL ONE COULD BE ANYWHERE!
7.30PM...BACARDI'S.
7.40PM...SECOND BACARDI'S...SAT CHATTING...BOTH FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE.
9.00PM...NO SIGN OF THE CREATURE...PERHAPS HE'S GONE TO THE DISCO ACROSS THE BRIDGE THATS HEAVING WITH CRAP RAP...WE WERE GONNA GO...HAD ANOTHER BACARDI INSTEAD.
9.30PM...READING...GOT MYSELF A NEW BOOK...FIRST CHAPTER IS A BIT BRUTAL.
10.30PM...HEAD ON PILLOW...BATHROOM LIGHT ON...ONE EYE OPEN!


10.12.07.
8.00AM...AWAKE...DIDNT SLEEP TO BAD...SURPRISINGLY...NEED A CUPPA.
8.25AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...BREAKFAST ALFRESCO...OPPOSITE A BUILDING SITE...LOTTA BUILDING GOING ON HERE...GIVE IT TWO YEARS AND THIS PLACE WILL PROBABLY BE LIKE BLACKPOOL.
9.15AM...BACON SANDWICH...BIT SALTY...CUPPA WENT DOWN WELL.
10.35AM...HIRED TWO PUSHBIKES...DOLLAR EACH...NU HAD A HARD TIME GETTING GOING...HADN'T BEEN ON ONE FOR THIRTY YEARS.
10.55AM...OF WE GO...QUITE SLOW...NU SPEEDED UP DOWN HILLS...IT WAS HARD GOING FOR ME AT TIMES.
11.45AM...STOPPED FOR LEMONADE.
12.10PM...OF WE GO AGAIN...TURNING ROUND IF WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE GOING TO FAR.
2.00PM...RETURNED BIKES...KNEE'S ACHING.
2.35PM...BOUGHT SOME BEERS/CHEESE/BAGUETTE'S.
3.00PM...SITTING ON BALCONY...READING/CHATTING/RELAXING/LISTENING TO THE INSECTS!
5.30PM...SUN GONE DOWN...NEEDA SHOWER.
7.00PM...ON MAIN STREET LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO EAT...BUMP INTO IRISH IVOR AND FRIENDS.
7.15PM...RESTAURANT...PORK AND RICE...VODKA BUCKETS...NU AND I ARE WONDERING WHETHER THIS IS REALLY OUR SCENE.
8.30PM...EATEN...VODKA BUCKETS EMPTY...IVOR AND FRIENDS COMPLAINING THERE WASN'T ENOUGH VODKA...TO MUCH COKE!
9.05PM...HEADING FOR SOME PLACE CALLED 'SMILEYS'.
10.00PM...AFTER A LENGTHY WALK WE FIND IT...ITS ACTUALLY NOT SO FAR FROM OUR ABODE...LOADSA YOUNG FOLK DANCING AND DRINKING...NU AND I SHARE A BEER AND DECIDE TO MAKE FOR OUR BED.


CHILLINGLY HOT.

BYE FOR NOWZ.