Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Dyslexics In Air Force

Lungo il mekong

Saturday, March 7

After the total absence of gibbon gibbons in the park and with the air of one who has missed something, we decide to run away from huoaxay as soon as possible, so we venture in 14 hours bus at a time of Luang Prabang, discarding the idea of \u200b\u200btwo days by boat along the Mekong River (I think I will regret 'long). We arrive in the heart of Laos, in goiello UNESCO, 9 pm, and dead tired from the trip, we take the first room we find. Finally, after five days now, I sleep a night of peace ', yet the first thing in the morning and' I want a real room, we're not much of a backpackers, we need a minimum of comfort.

soon discover that our suspicions were correct, Laos and 'more expensive than Thailand, and even if the prices are ridiculous compared to Europe are seen cmq finances disappear faster. We are a small guest house that does not put us to sleep in a basement, and khip for 130,000 per day (13 €) we also have the unlimited Lao coffee.

Before lunch we toured the entire city and met everyone who was on the bus with us, some more than once. We
two calculations on the time and we decided that 5 days is more than enough for everyone, so we buy a plane ticket to Hanoi on Saturday (the alternative was 20 hours bus to the border and then who knows' how much), but we spend a folly we have no choice.

Tuesday morning rent a bike, this time they are more fortunate and I can take a fairly new Honda XR250, Steve does not drive it for years so we decide to do some driving lessons before renting her, at lunchtime, with full tanks (1 € per liter), we start heading south to the beautiful waterfalls. The bike ride is not 'evil, and tanks that are formed under the waterfalls are beautiful, we take a bath, and quietly leave again around 4. The plan was to continue our driving in the opposite direction, go over the city and go to sleep in a camp for elephants, but the xr is not 'from our side.

In the vicinity 'of the city, holes behind the wheel, lost an hour and a kilo of waste of money, once broken down to do a few km before the wiring goes off suddenly, no light, no start-up and, once switched to the gravel drive, the intensity of light with a match-all this in the middle of a jungle that is becoming dark.

We opt not to follow molar Trieste and never go back to renting. The next day, we share with the bike repaired for the same tour and see that the field is' quite ugly and, unless we have them well hidden, which is generally difficult to teach, there were very few elephants.

continue to drive on deserted roads following the path of the Mekong, both end up in villages without electricity is a luxury resort, but in any case, everything moves very slowly. Thursday
do a cooking Laos, the manner in which 'not made' fun like thai, but the place where we are and the dishes are prepared squisiti. Passiamo il resto del pomeriggio a leggere in terrazza; siamo ritornati a temperature proibitive e qualunque attivita' pomeridiana e' da escludere. Venerdì sveglia alle 5 per andare ad assistere alla processione mattutina dei monaci, senza pronunciare parola alcuni aprono il loro cesto e i fedeli(?) vi infilano del cibo; quello sara' il loro unico pasto per la giornata.

Colazione con Nivi e Steve e giro dei templi, poi nel pomeriggio io in terrazza ed Annie a fare l'ultimo dei massaggi laotiani, mi stavo dimenticando di questa esperienza incredibile di cui abbiamo approfittato gia' 2 volte in 4 giorni.
La sera li incontriamo di nuovo, e purtroppo per l'ultima volta, Nivi e Steve noi offriamo l'aperitivo e loro la cena; and 'Nivi's birthday and brings us into a top restaurant Lao, reviewed well and seems really out of place in this city, an incredible dinner. Simple dishes with flavors crazy but perfect, the best dinner some time.

Laos and 'a communist country, and it shows.
The life here and feel 'very different from the Thai, the people here do not smile the same way and, however difficult, are still slower in doing anything. A curiosity 'and I noticed that' the total disregard for the time, there are watches and demand now and '? They have no idea.

Another thing that makes Thailand preferable, from a tourist point of view, and 'the total absence of competition, all 5 sell the same products in exactly the same price, terribly funny at first but after a few frustrating days, any form of activity 'business and only lies to catch the unwary and weary tourists.

Anyway once you accept this way of life (if 'can accept) you live here very easily, I always ask three times the normal because you're white, but three times, and' very little anyway ...

Today, Saturday, spent the morning dangling up and down the main road, we spend a fortune (4 €) for a bad lunch, the first meal since we are poor here, and very quietly we venture to the airport, and 'only to discover that check-in I need a visa before entering Vietnam, in general we have always done everything on the border, but here and 'different. Needless to say do not talk until Monday, and with 24 hours for the issue means that we are stuck here until Tuesday. The taxi driver was threatened at the airport to see me blow up big when we asked human prey for a few km. But this' Laos, and we must accept it as it is, if you can do ...


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