lpdr

this is coming straight at you from LAOS, babyyyyy. maddy and i are sitting in an internet cafe in vientiane right now, wasting time until the bus comes to take us up to vang vieng. the bus leaves at 2 pm and supposedly takes 2-3 hours; maddy guesses we'll actually get there at 5:45 pm, i say 6:47 pm.

vientiane is the quietest captial city i've ever been in. tiny and adorable and relaxed. hardly like a capital city at all, really.

vang vieng, btw, is home of the famed southeast asian tubing experience. rent a tube for about $3, float down a river for an indeterminable amount of hours. how much time you take depends on how many bars lure you in along the way and how many times you stop to fling about on rope swings. oh sure, it's a little dangerous, but i did my growing up alcohol-wise right next to an ocean, so i think i know how to handle myself. we bought a waterproof disposible camera so you guys all get some photographic proof of the experience.