Absolutely adoring Luang Prabang - its Lao new year this weekend, and part of the festivities include everyone soaking each another with buckets of water (or water pistols for the more high tech)! Been drenched through every day this week.... highly recommended for parched Brisbanians.
Not sure if we'll make it to Cambodia before we fly out to Europe- have settled very nicely into the Loatian rhythm of life and intend sticking around a bit longer....
The bright red hair has been fading fast so i bought some bleach from a local barbers today and bleached Fynn and our local guesthouse attendants hair at the same time, much to his friends amusement. (I packed a sachet of red dye from home for mine of course). We all ended up looking a little trashy, but hey, we're backpackers now, so we blend right in.
There is a great bookshop\cafe here where you can donate, buy or rent books by the hour, with proceeds going into literacy projects in the area. Some good authors too (including mr vonnegut RIP) and have wasted quite a few hours already. Next door, Hive is a rather funky bar that wouldn't look out of place in New Farm, except they have a Happy hour which lasts from 5pm - 9pm and sell two for one cocktails for around $3. Dangerous.
The kids did a day of 'school' with some french expat kids this week, and have befriended the local cats. Lots more i should say, but the connection is skakey and slow, so will sign off while the going is good.
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