I have some quiet time at the cabin this afternoon, so will do a short update. In the morning, we take a 0730 small bus to Nong Khai, which is a border city across the Mekong River from Vientiane, Laos.
From there, it is a short 25 kilometer taxi ride over the Friendship bridge to the Laotian capital, where we stay until Friday. Vientiane is a small city, laid out to some extent as a mini Paris. That is from the many years when France ruled there, and the other nations which we knew as youngsters as French Indo-China.
Yesterday was one of fun and games. We departed about nine in the morning with ten in an old pick up truck...the driver and I in front, five kids and three adults in the back. After an hour, we stopped at a kids water park for an hour while the kids had a swim and played in the pool and water slides. It was kids only, so they had a great time. We then drove another hour to the resort known as Kamsamboom. This is a large lake, which I understand is fed by overflows of the Mekong river which is close by. The place is about 130 kilometers east of the small city where I am now at, So Phisai. We had a traditional Thai lunch...lots of rice and very spicy food, then the kids went back into the water. Other than swimming, the only activity was banana boat rides...at about two dollars a person per ride. All ten kids had lots of fun, and the younger ones all asked me to come back again during school vacation next year....they said it was the best day of their vacation. No promises were made.
I will next report sometime after arrival in Vientiane. The temperature here continues around 33 to 34 degrees. It will be much cooler this evening, in Canada as my favorite Saskatchewan team beats the Ottawa team in the football playoffs.
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