Lang Prabang

In Lang Prabang in Laos after a buttock hurting 2 days on the Mekong...even with extra cushions it still is painful to sit down for any length of time...but Laos is definitely all its cracked up to be...most of the land is hills which makes for amazing scenery the people are wonderfully friendly and beer laos is increadible; so good I even bought the T-shirt (oh and one for you Dad to blend in at your poetry gigs!) so far we've seen the royal palace - opulence Laos style is this wonderful understated style...and of course weve already seen a ton of Wats the most spectacular on a hill overlooking the town. Today we have just returned from some caves with heaps of buddah images in them, delivered there by our own private chartered boat - lurrvely. All very nice - just sitting down smiling seems to be pastime enough, that anything you do on top is an added bonus...but we are off cycling around town before we head off soon from this wonderful city (the woman who runs the internet shop singing a lilting tune even as we speak ahhhh.) So basically its great, and if you have a chance get here now before tons of us tourist types muck it up for good.