I arrived yesterday morning by plane from the capital Vientiane. A quick one hour flight and a much more luxurious alternative to the 9 hour VIP bus. I paid a whopping $5 for a tok tok from the airport, but they had me as I was still tired tom the previous flights jet lag.
It is getting warm in Laos. I think it was 90 yesterday.
I am having a wonderful time. I have a room on the second floor of a 6 unit guest house next to one of the 42 Bhuddist temples in town. Every morning at four AM I will be awoken by the beating of the gongs as the novices begin their day...
Luang Prabuang is a peninsula that reaches into the Mekong river about 300 miles north of the capital. It is surronded by mountains. The air is hazy from the smoke from the burning of fields in the middle of the dry season. The rains will begin again in May, but no relief until then.
Boats used to connect this town to the capital, but since the road was sealed, buses and planes have all but eliminated that conveyance.
I think I will stay here for at least a week as this place seems to be were I wanted to get to.
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what is this tok-tok you speak of?
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