Aaah Laos!!!

Laos is wicked!!!! it is such a relaxed country and nothing like Thailand. It seems such a simple life here. The boat ride was really scenic. To be honest some stretches of the river really had an Apocolypse Now feel about them. i could just imagine arrows coming flying out from the trees at any moment, or seeing some half naked, half wild natives lining the banks. Our first night in Loas was a funny one. Our guest house was as rough as we've seen. Our room had a resident mouse. And as you know mice are not my best buddies in the world. But out host came to kill the moust with some random jagged piece of wood he probably found out back somewhere. The guy was totally stoned out of his tree. Everyone was in stitches laughing, especially him, but the mouse got away. The electricity in the town was shut off at half 10. We all got back to our rooms after dinner to find it in darkness except for a few candles. Rustic doesn't quite describe it. It was grand though. There was a group of us who had met on the boat so everything was fine. Its Laos after all.