Made it to a little town in the North of Lao. It was a crazy bus ride. The first 4 hours I had a woman throwing up out the window the whole time because the roads were so windy. But that wasn't as bad as when I switched busses for the 2nd 4 hours. There were 31 of us in a 16 passenger bus. Quite cramped. And way to bumpy to hold my book still to read. Not that I was able to because my arms were pinned to my side. The scenery was gorgeous at least. Lush hills. And every once in a while we'd come across a tiny village with about 10-30 bamboo huts together. Little kids playing outside.
Today I have been exploring. Not many people speak English here. I was invited to join in on lunch with a big group of Chinese (we are close to the border). So much fun. We could only communicate a very little. Mostly by me pointing to words in the Laos/English section of my Lonely Planet book. There was lots of singing and merriment. They invited me to come back to their village with them. That will have to be another day.
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