Laos update - Food

Today we stared off with a cooking class at one of the good restaurants here in LP. Tum Tum Chang I think was its name. 5 hours of class, 6 recipes made, and some of the top secret ingredients learned. Some of the big ones are going to be hard to find in the states. There's a forest basil that's called for, a variety of ginger that's not common, then a jungle vine they call "spicy wood" which is really wood. We had a terrific time, interacting with some other curious tourists from Germany, Canada, France, Singapore, and the Netherlands, and the food turned out awesome. I made the papaya salad, and I didn't do bad at all!

Afterwards we had a trip to the Khoung Si waterfalls which were amazing. A nap was in order, then dinner on the street at a Laotian "Subway" shop. Photo below.

Tomorrow is a travel day, and we'll head to Pakse by air. Easy day.