Laos-
We have been learning a lot in Laos. We took a slow boat down the Mekong River and when they say slow, they mean it. Sometimes you sit on the boat while it is full of people without even leaving for two full hours because it is taking the driver that long to count all of the kip that was paid for the voyage. There are 10,000 kip to the dollar. It makes things confusing. It was an enjoyable two days on the river. We played some cards, some scrabble and tried not to bruise our bums from sitting on the wooden benches. We ended up in Luang Prabang, a town we liked very much. We rented bikes and went for a long ride out to some waterfalls. We biked about 64 km, it was a good day. And the waterfalls were amazing. We have been to waterfalls in Thailand, but they were not so impressive. This one was. It even came with bears and a tiger. We met a nice family who told us all about Laos. Then we biked back to town and ate pumplin pie. A little late for Thanksgiving, but still damn good pie.