4.03.2005
I still don't believe we actually made it to here, Luang Prapang...
So, we crossed the Mekong river three days ago, and entered Laos. Stayed a night in a border town, and off we went, jumping on the so called "slow" boat (which has proved how slow it really was) for this two days one night trip to get to Luang Prapang.
And no, really, i wasn't too impressed about the boat we took....at all! I remember the first night after we finally got ourselves a not-too-bad guest house (and of course, it was after about 7 hour boat ride) in an in-between town; i told, ok, complained to ryan how stressed i was and how much i didn't like the boat ride (the boat itself) that there was no space at all and we were all packed in a long shitty boat...slow too....
With hopes, we were kinda expecting a better boat ride, maybe a more comfortable seats rather than just wooden benches for the second time. Well, i guess it is really true that when it rains it pores......
The second ride today was actually SMALLER and with almost the same amount of people (say about 60 at least) we all had to fit ourselves into the tiny narrow boat...."well, at least bathroom looks better, a western style toilet".....who knows, turned out that it was just impossible to use it anyway, cuz you could never move yourself down to the end of the boat anyway!
So, yeah anyway, anyways....we made it, i felt like crying when the boat parked in the late afternoon after about 8 hours after we set off. I was just thinking the whole way that, if there wasn't the book, High fidelity and the gorgeous scenery all the way along the Mekong river, and, of course, ryan, next to me...i might just die numming, and maybe forgetting to breathe anymore.
But we made it. So glad that we don't feel like treated as cargos or pigs anymore. Hey...we didn't lost the ability to walk again! It just rained a big...i could feel that the air is getting fresher and i'm sure tomorrow's gonna be a beautiful day in Luang Prapang!
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