Two days ago I arrived in Laungprabang at 11 o'clock at night. I jumped on the back of a little motorbike and I was driven to a hostel by a Lao dude who thought it was fun to go super fast down the main drag, in and out of traffic, through red lights and redline the engine. All this with my super big backpack on my back. It was great fun but I couldn't sleep for an hour due to the copious amounts of adrenaline pumping through my system. Yesterday I went for a bit of a nosey around the joint. I didn't get too far though as I spotted some dudes playing petanque and drinking beer lao. I was pulled into the group which turned out to be a family slacking off work because the boss was away..........sweet! Four hours later I was sent on my way with a beer lao in my hand and an invitation for dinner tonight. I decided to stumble back home but I didn't get too far. I spotted a dude playing guitar and so I joined the lao lads and sung heartily for a couple of hours.........they only knew Robbie Williams and Ronin Keating!!!! It was a good laugh trying to hit the high notes. After saying goodbye and stumbling out of the shack, I hit the road home. I didn't get to far though because I spotted some more lao lads playing on a guitar and a lao chick making cakes.....sweet! Our voices swam on the morning air as the sun came ever closer to rising. I left when I knew I couldn't sing true anymore due to too much slurring. On leaving I recieved an invitation for the lao girls birthday party tonight. These people are awesome. If I can become half as accomodating and welcoming as these beautiful people I think I will be a respectible man. We'll see how I get on juggling these invites.
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