We could not find it anywhere. We walked up and down the streets of Luang Prabang for well over an hour. It simply does not exist, at least not anymore. For shame, Lonely Planet, for shame.
So we gave up and settled for the local sports bar. (Of course.) Now, I'm gonna let you in on a little traveling secret: no matter where you are, no matter how small the corner of the world where you currently rest your pack, there you will find drunken Brits. Now shh, don't tell anyone I told you or I could get in really big trouble.
These particular Brits looked barely old enough to drive, let alone travel the world. But they threw back their large Beer Laos like pros, and, almost as often, dropped down for some push ups. Jen sat with her Lao whiskey and Coke, I sat with my Lao Lao sling, and we tried to muffle our laughter.
Saturday, we hired a boat to take us up to the Pak Ou Caves. The ride up the Mekong was quiet and beautiful, and the caves filled with thousands of Buddha quite amazing.
On the way back, we ran into a thunderstorm and had to pull to shore for a good 20 minutes. Using the complicated 1 mississippi 2 mississippi etc system to determine the time between lightning and thunder and its correlation to the distance and direction of the storm, Jen and I tried to explain to our "captain" that the storm seemed to be moving father away. He didn't seem to understand. He just kept laughing. (This one had a bit of the yaba, I think.)Indian food was the order of the night, and afterwards, EPL games at the sports bar. (It's an addiction people! Please, your sympathy is needed in this difficult time, not your derision.)
Today we rented bikes (the regular kind, with two wheels and pedals, and NO motors) and rode around, somewhat aimlessly, but it was beautiful nonetheless. I'd say it'd be a pretty safe bet we'd get some ice cream after this internet session, but the entire town lost power this morning and only got it back recently, so the ice cream shop is closed. I almost cry, thinking of all that melted Mint...
And tomorrow-Siem Reap, Cambodia!
7 comments:
It sounds heavenly :) I can't wait to see pictures. I love you baby. And remember- British boys have bad teeth, I had braces... Good teeth.
Just sayin'.
what?!? I posted before audrey?! I...I...I don't know what to say...I'd like to thank Gerali for pretending to think my "Destination Wedding" was funny, and I guess Audrey for making this competition possible. And a little shout out to Kristen & Jen, who without them ice cream and smoothie shops in Thailand would be out of business. peace out in the states!
oh yeah, and the title to this post...you are a freakin' genuis!! for this post: Judy 2, Audrey 0
Man, you can't turn your back on that Judy girl for a second, or else there she is thinking she is winning the comment competition. Lest she forget, Audrey has her personalized Thai pee basin picture, and unlike Judy, didn't have to go back and furiously read like 8 posts just to pretend to get back in the game. As Frank said, just sayin. Girls, we really need to find Judy a new hobby, or at least a new MRI and ortho doc. By the way, I'm not at all surprised about the Brits. I learned of the Brits and their Southeast Asian adventures when I was in Greece 2 summers ago, which I guess means that Brits also like Greece. Which I guess brings us back to Kristen's point that Brits are, indeed, everywhere, except Palos Verdes I think. Btw, this is my 3rd attempt at posting today (dedication, my friends) because for some reason, this bloggy word verification has decided its going to vomit the entirety of the alphabet and make me retype it. Yeesh.
updated: Judy 3, Audrey 1.
COME HOME!!!!!
Happy Cinco de Mayo. I suppose they probably don't celebrate it where you are. Do they have tacos in Cambodia? P.S. I forgive you both for missing my birthday. There were monkeys, btw.
Judy, I'm not sure about you, but I'm waiting for a new post. Luang was so like, last week. We've moved on to Prabang.
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