Food

Tonight we took a stroll down street food lane.
1. Tapioca gelatin squares covered in coconut shavings
2. Mung bean mush surrounded by tapioca gooey coconut sugar
3. Beef jerky Laos style
4. Fresh spring rolls (always a risk with potentially unwashed veggies)
5. Sugar cane water squeezed fresh from the cane and served in a bag.

And lots of other items like grilled chicken feet, intestines, rotten eggs, cow skin, pig heads..that we didn't try.  Only because we can't eat it all in one sitting..not because those things don't sound delicious.

I'm convinced Nathan has commie tendencies, he bought a t-shirt with his political logo
stamped on the front..(suspicions confirmed).   I also splurged (fifty cents) and bought him a watch made out of cotton, which is a perfect commentary on his delight with the people of Laos.  I told him we'd need to be getting up early to catch our 8 hour boat North on the Nam Ou river and he looked at his new watch and said,
" Sure, I'll set my alarm."
Great.
We're going to try our luck at a border crossing into Vietnam via boat.  We've been told it can't be done.  We'll just see about that.