Moving on

It's Sunday afternoon, The New Year's festivities are coming to a close and I will be moving on tomorrow morning. I've been spending most of the last 8 days in Luang Prabang with Chris, the american I mentioned before. I will be travelling further with him, at least for the next week or so. So far the plan is to head north to Udomxai or Nong Khiaw, we will then head to the extreme north east of the country to Sam Neua and Vieng Xai. There's some very interesting political reasons to head there as this was the history headquarter of Pathet Lao who was largely responsible for the communist revolution here in the mid 70s. We will then loop down to Phonsavan where the famous plain of jars are located and will finally make our way to Vientiane. We will need to be pretty quick in general as Chris needs to get his visa extended on the 23rd of April in Vientiane.

I had another fascinating experience on Friday night, we had decided along with a very nice french couple to head to a Laos discoteque. The club was so full that we had nowhere to sit, we were then "adopted" by some cool Laos guys and girls who just kept shoving Whiskey down our throats. By midnight or so, my companions had left, I stayed on until 2am (the club closed at 11:30pm, but the manager was part of the group!). They then gave me a lift to my guesthouse where we were all pissed drunk (including the driver!). Quite an experience! :)

There's a good chance I won't have internet access for several days, possibly until I reach Vientiane, which won't be for about a week or so. So don't expect updates for a while.