Dense
fog enveloped the jungle this morning and were we're woken by the
pattering of drips from wet leaves hitting the tent. It didn't take long
to burst out the the cloud into bight blue sky's on our way up the
first of two hot 2000ft climbs on a badly potholed road. We had lunch
next to a spring under a palm tree where I was harassed by irritating
little flies which would buzz incessantly back and forth in front of my
face and then punch me in the eye. (To be fair to the fly, this blow
comes from my own fist trying to kill the exasperating pest). After the
second big sweaty hill we rolled downhill, past children waving and
shouting greetings including 'good morning' despite it being well past
mid-day. At the bottom we found a guest house opposite the bus station
that had a spider the size my palm above the shower and geckos on the
walls.
For dinner we ate noodle soup, as it is the only thing we have
worked out how to order. Unfortunately, this is a small snack as far as
I'm concerned so immediately ate 3 packs of biscuits and 6 bananas when
we got back to our room.
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| In Laos, as in China, most of the time we have no idea what we are eating: |
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