We spent our 8th day hanging around coffeshops, tapping into free wireless.
The political stalemate has shut down air traffic through a major south east asian hub: Thai international Airport in Bangkok. Looks like we won't make it to Tanzania mostly because we could not get yellow fever vaccination, but additionally because our flight was through Bangkok.
So we are in a waiting game. If Thailand's airports open we'll go through there to get to Europe. But if the stalemate continues we may go south to Pakse, Laos or east to Hanoi and fly from there
So there are worse places to get stuck than LP. We might take a day trip in a Tuk Tuk to the waterfalls south of here tomorrow. (A tuk tuk is a big motorized rickshaw).
We've posted a few photos from a hike we took the day before yesterday through a small village across the Mekong from LP. There's also a photo of Walter enjoying the super fancy cafe that is located by the guesthouse we were staying in up until today (we moved to another part of town this morning for some different scenery and a nicer room that is cheaper -- only $15/night compared to the $25 we've been paying). And we have a TV now so we can watch CNN.
2 comments:
Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry you're stuck but it doesn't look like a bad place to be stranded. The pics continue to be gorgeous and make me completely jealous.
Carolyn
That looks like a very laid-back-cool cafe.
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