Laos Update - Adventure Weekend

The weather finally broke its cloudy rainy phase here, and just in time as well. We had a big couple of days, complete with mountain biking, elephant rides, a powerboat up to the Tad Sae waterfalls, then today was a big day of meeting the Lao Spirit Resort's 3-yr old baby elephant, and kayaking down the river from the resort back to the city. Chaz and I hate kayaking together, and today's misadventures were no different, but we made it through. The untouched nature of the hills and mountains along the river made up for our struggle to get down the river. I had an interesting evening at the resort. Chaz had gone to the bungalow, but I stayed back and had a few drinks with the staff while they were eating dinner. It didn't take long before I was invited to join them at the table (their food was quite better than the stuff they served us on the gringo-tour). I learned how they share a beer, and I think the innocuous flirting at the table made a couple of the girls blush. The tour guides are quite the playboys, and they like leveraging the language barrier to put the moves on the young hotel staff. We're going to eat a western meal this evening I think.

We're also hoping the good weather continues to hold. 80s to 90s during the day, and I think probably upper 60s in the evening. We've got a cooking class together tomorrow in the morning, then another waterfall trip in the afternoon to cool off.

Photos: Tad Sae waterfalls, Nuek the baby elephant grabbing a banana from my mouth.