Thursday, January 3, 2008

Sun 30th Dec - Luang Nam Tha

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I had about 5 beer Laos last night. Taste really good but its not true that you don’t get a hangover. I would say its comparable to Tiger or Singha beer. But only 7,000 to 10,000 Kip (40 – 55p) for 640ml.

I decided to move guest house, while the room was good being on the main street and next to the reception TV made it a bit noisy. I found a nice place of the main road all new for 40,000 kip. Only problem solar powered hot water, lets hope it stays sunny. Adounsiri Guest House

Most days here it has been dull up until 10:30 and sunny from then until about 17:30.

The main activity here appears to be trekking. A range of treks are available from the green discovery office. Seems like a good place with lots of free information.

Spoke to an American Jewish girl here called Myra. She was resting up after a stomach upset. She is retired, 42 and retired for 4 years. Only thing is she needs to stay in cheap countries like Laos for 6 months of the year to make her finances work. There appears to be a few people around SEA that are following this path. I met a 60 year old Swedish composer who was doing the same sort of thing. Surprisingly without a TGF.

Had a meal in the local night market. Lao noodles with sauce, beef kebabs, grilled banana with coconut followed by a Lao crepe. Very nice.

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