The
first day was spent sitting in a bakery eating baguettes and
milkshakes. This place is a utopia for me as Laos was once colonial
French so retains some French cuisine
. We quickly learnt about two
tourist attractions here that are totally blown out if all proportion: A
waterfall and a cave. if, regrettably, you might forget to visit one of
these, help is on hand because the tuktuk drivers provide a
comprehensive reminder service. The waterfall was a series of idyllic
turquoise bathing pools in the jungle above a cascade of water and next
to a spacious asiatic bear sanctuary full of happy rescued bears. The
cave was a long boring boat ride up the brown Mekong to see two
indentations in the side of a cliff full of dusty little gold Buddhas
and a toilet that cost 30p to use. All things considered, the waterfall
was better.
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After
the caves i lazed around and fixed small bicycle glitches while Amy
visited Buddhist temples and spent the afternoon chatting to a novice
monk who wanted to practice his English. The day got much worse though -
by evening and into the night we were both violently emptying our upper
and lower intestinal tracts from food poisoning. During this horrendous
time somehow I managed to lock us out of the bathroom which was hugely
regrettable. The whole ordeal left us feeling rather fragile on the
fourth day when we visited a elephant rescue sanctuary to learn how to
be a mammut (elephant driver). for lunch an all you can eat buffet was
laid on for us but tragically neither Amy or I were in any fit state to
abuse it.
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