Hugh and I were wandering around the more “locals” area of Luang Prabang when we came across a little cart with bags of dried bark, berries, and grasses neatly arranged on top. Small baskets had dried leaves and one contained rounded stones, a worn book on top read “Lao Traditional Medicine.” We stopped for a [...]
Since we enjoyed our last caving experience, we decided to go kayaking and caving today… and our inexperience mixed with the relative difficulty of it and a guide more interested in asking questions about English proved to be a little trickier and nerve-wracking than before. This time we were taken to the biggest cave in [...]
Walking around with Hugh today was like walking around with a celebrity. During our tour of the area with the boys we met yesterday, we happened to cross paths with lots and lots of high schoolers on some sort of field trip. Every time we passed a group of girls they would stare at Hugh, [...]
We went clubbing yesterday (actually, shall I say, this morning?) and it was full of amusement. Last time I was in Taiwan, I went clubbing with friends at a famous place in Taipei. I was immediately struck by how much more it was like clubbing in America than it was in Japan. People could dance, [...]





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