As you must have guessed for youreselves I have acquired a new concept of time since I have set foot in Laos...Hence the large gap since my last post! Please forgive me but bear in mind that I am really enjoying this new concept. In fact I almost even forgot my birthday!!! I realized it was the 20th of January at 6 o clock in the evening...We just made up a last minute celebration :) Thks for your messages, it is always so nice to hear from home.
So for those of you that have been inquiring about my current situation on planet earth, please rest assured: I AM OLDER BUT HEALTHY, HAPPY AND HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE!!!
In fact I think that I have slowly let myself fall in love with this country and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I was given a 2 month visa for Laos instead of the standard one. While in Luang Prabang I picked up a brochure entitled "Stay another day in Laos".It develops the idea that as a tourist you can contribute to the community by using your time and spending your money wisely (for those interested the web page is www.stay-another-day.org). Following that idea and the fact that I am having the best time here I decided to stay another few days/weeks in Laos and explore the realms of sustainable tourism.
I am now writing to you from Vang Vieng where I have spent the last week working on an organic farm (www.laofarm.org) at which I am staying. The surroundings are stunning, with caves and mountains all around. It is also known as a back packers paradise where you can sit in a cafe and watch friends all day...eeeer go tubing down the river and jump of really high swings into the water while Bob Marley is blearing out of loud speakers. Trashy you may ask! Yes totally but still you have to do it at least once for the fun!!!
I did that once but have spent the rest of the time on the farm helping build a house, cruising through lovely landscape and bathing in amazing lagoons. So I am also up to my knees with cement! I have met a lovely crowd of people, and have been sucked even further into the deapths of Asia.
The trip from Luang prabang to Vang Vieng was stunning. Unfortunately all my pictures were erased by a virus so I have just memories and nothing to show you... I have so much to tell but halas not too much time to write so I shall try my best to update you on the missing parts as soon as I can! I have the funniest anecdotes involving monkeys defleeing cats, dancing at a wedding party and well eeeer many more but that is for NEXT TIME!
