twentyfour...laos...part two

5.12.07.
9.00AM...FEEL LAZY.
9.15AM...SHOWER...NU SOWING INSIDE POCKET INTO NEW SHORTS.
10.05AM...BREAKFAST...SCANDINAVIAN CAFE...OMELLETTE/BREAD/BUTTER/JAM/BOWL OF FRUIT/PINEAPPLE JUICE/CUPPA TEA.
11.10AM...STILL AT SCANDY...DRINKING CAPPUCINO...WHICH IS SURPRISINGLY AS YUMMY AS IT LOOKS...READING.
12.05PM...BOOKED TRIP FOR TOMORROW...GO AT 7.30AM...A LITTLE EARLY FOR ME...OFF TO SEE ELEPHANTS...ANOTHER WATERFALL...AND SOMETHING ELSE...I'VE FORGOTTEN...MEAL INCLUDED.
1.00PM...WALKING MARKET...BOUGHT SOME ORANGES...PRICEY...BUT COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO BARTER.
2.00PM...WALKED BACK TO GUESTHOUSE...DROPPED OF A FEW THINGS.
2.30PM...BOWL OF PORK/NOODLE LAO SOUP...SPICY!...BEER.
4.45PM...DRINKING COCKTAILS AT THE BLUE LAGOON...THE BOOK I'M READING IS HARD TO PUT DOWN.
7.15PM...BACK AT GUESTHOUSE.
8.00PM...BREAD AND CHEESE...I LOVE THESE MOMENTS...ITS AN ENGLISH MOMENT.


6.12.07.
6.30AM...ALARM...HADN'T SLEPT TO WELL.
6.45AM...SHOWER.
7.10AM...DRESSED AND READY.
7.25AM...NU SORTING WHAT WE NEED TO TAKE.
7.35AM...ON STEPS OF GUESTHOUSE WAITING FOR PICK UP...WE ARE OFF TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS!
7.50AM...PICK UP ARRIVES.
8.30AM...BIT OF A BUMPY DRIVE...BUT WE'VE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION.
8.50AM...WALKING UP STEPS TO A PLATFORM SO WE ARE THE RIGHT HEIGHT TO GET ON THE ELEPHANT.
9.00AM...OFF WE GO...I THINK OUR ELEPHANTS NAME IS PUSHKIN.
10.05AM...I THINK I'VE USED EVERY MUSCLE IN MY BODY...WE'VE BEEN DOWN DIRT TRACK...UP DIRT TRACK...THRU BUSH...THRU STREAM...THRU RIVER...ALTHOUGH I'M A LITTLE WORSE FOR WEAR...I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE!
10.15AM...NU FEEDING BANANAS TO PUSHKIN...HE DESERVES EVERYONE!
10.25AM...CUPPA COFFEE.
10.55AM...BACK IN MINIBUS.
11.20AM...WE ARRIVE IN VILLIAGE FOR OUR BOAT RIDE[GONDOLA].
12.05PM...OUT THE BOAT WE GET...WALKING TO WATERFALLS.
12.30PM...PORK/VEG/RICE/BOTTLE OF WATER.
1.30PM...NU SWIMMING.
2.40PM...BACK IN MINIBUS.
3.10PM...DROPPED OFF ON MAIN STREET...WALKED TO GUESTHOUSE.
3.40PM...SHOWER...BODY ACHING.
4.10PM...BOOKED MINIBUS FOR VIENG VANG...GO SUNDAY 9.00AM.
5.00PM...CUPPA TEA AT THE SCANDY.
6.10PM...WENT NEXT DOOR TO THE COCONUT TREE...THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A NICE PLACE TO EAT?
6.25PM...NU ORDERED FISH AND CHIPS...PORK AND CHIPS FOR ME.
6.50PM...THE FISH CAME WHOLE...INCLUDING EYES!...THE PORK CAME DRESSED IN BREADCRUMBS...OH WELL...ORDERED A COUPLE OF BEERS.
7.20PM...IRISH CHAP WE'D MET EARLIER ON IN OUR TRIP JOINED US...WAFFLE ENSUED...HE'D WORKED IN AUSTRALIA...SO HE GAVE US AN INSIGHT ON HOW IT ALL GOES...SOUNDS GOOD...DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE TO MANY PROBLEMS.
8.55PM...WALKING BACK TO GUESTHOUSE...BOTH TIRED AFTER OUR EARLY START THIS MORNING.


7.12.07.
9.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.00AM...LAUNDRY SORTED.
10.05AM...WALKED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM OUR LODGINGS FOR BREAKFAST...THE SUN WAS JUST BREAKING THRU.
10.25AM...BAGUETTE/BUTTER/JAM/CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...HAPPILY READING...THIS BOOK JUST GETS BETTER...A REAL PAGE TURNER...NU WRITING.
12.15PM...HEAD FOR MAIN STREET...NU WANTS TO CHECK EMAILS.
12.35PM...POWER CUT!...NO INTERNET!
12.45PM...CAFE...BEER.
1.00PM...SWEDISH GIRL JOINS US...WE'D MET HER ON OUR FIRST WATERFALL TOUR...SHE'S VERY TALKATIVE.
2.30PM...2 BEERS LATER WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO MUSEUM.
2.50PM...NOT A VERY BIG MUSEUM...ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL PITCH...DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET BORED!
4.05PM...SPAG BOL.
4.40PM...NU IN INTERNET CAFE NEXT DOOR...I'M READING...ANOTHER BEER.
6.00PM...BALLET...LOVE...BETRAYAL...RECONCILIATION...OH WOE IS ME!...MASKS...SPIKEY HATS...OUT STRETCHED ARMS/FINGERS...DRUMS ADRUMMING!
7.40PM...BEER...PORK BAGUETTE.
9.15PM...BACK AT GUESTHOUSE...LAUNDRY RETURNED.


STILL CHILLING.


BYE FOR NOWZ,