Laos

Well.. the computers are not up to snap in Laos as they are in Thailand but i shall survive. I have already lost two blogs.. and all pictures i have uploaded on this computer. i have wasted an hour! But Patience is the key.. i must stay patient.. as it won't ever be like Canada and its all in the experience.
So i dont even know where to start! as I dont remember what i have actually posted and what i haven't.. but i guess from the beginning when enterring Laos.
We took a 5 hour bus to the border. for 42 dollars we could cross and the only way to was by a little boat. "immigration" was very interesting as it was jsut a little stall with a only a few workers. We stayed the night in a small town.. it might have even been a village. It was cute non the less and our hotel was nice and basic. Cold showers and a bed. The bathrooms so far have been a shower right next to the toilet with no tub or shower curtain just a small efficient bathroom. So when you have a shower you get the entire bathroom wet haha.
We spent two days floating down the Mekong River. Its absolutely beautiful as you get to see the country side and laotians everyday life. No busy streets or markets, just villages with playful children and leathered skin adults fishing and embroidering.
I got to visit a village and the childrenran up to the boat and squeeled when they saw my hair. They gigled when i shook it in front of them and they touched it with huge curiouse smiles.
they kept looking at the bracelettes that i had bought from the Chiang Mai Village children so i gave them to the kids. I will never forget their faces.
We arrived at our beautiful bangalows. Simon, our group leader had told us that the accomodations were going to be like your own "person discovery channel" and said the bathrooms were shared and rooms very basic. But turns out hes a liar! and the rooms were spectacular.
We have stayed in Luang Prabang for two nights.
It is New years next week for south east asia and their tradition is to throw water on anything anyone and everyone. That means cars, trucks with open backs (where most people travel in the back as its a taxi for most of us tourists) , bicycles and motorbikes and pedestrians. We were soaked yesterday coming home from the waterfalls. Children would be waiting at every corner with a bucket and would throw it in our direction.
I am so glad i managed to catch an internet cafe.. as an hour later it began to hail and rain so hard that a couple girls from our group are now fully soaked!