Vientiane

Lazy days in Vientiane. Splurged for a nice pad for the two day wait to get a new and improved Thai visa. 160,000 lao kip with at an exchange of some where around 8,000+ kip per dollar, puts it less than $20 us. Not bad for air con, private balcony, fan, stocked refrigerator, hot shower, double bed, cable tv including H-Bo and other faves. After that bus ride last night I knew I'd be spending a fair amount of time in the room anyhow...just putting a new batch of photos up, nothing of a wide ranging caliber but worth what it may. Kyi Kyi's (pronounced GG)Japanesse father was in town for about 4 days or so, and we at least all went out to dinner almost everyday. For the Queens birthday (mothers day in Thailand) he got a surprise day off and we all hopped in a renta car and hit some of tourist attractions around Chiang Mai, Elephant camp, monkey show, a trip to the lake, back home for a little R and R and then back out into the night for dinner at place called Good View down on the Nam Ping (ping river that is).
blah blah....ready to go back to the room and watch some more bad movies...funny...first night alone in months and to think that I've never said that before. Always the good with the bad, aye?

Everybody take care, especially those I know residing in the A-town. Remember when Bob says to take it easy, takin' it slow, excuse me while I light my spliff.....maybe just the first part is good enough advice. Sometimes change is good, actually most of time change is good. Jobs come and go, but experience stays, girls come and go, benders soon fade away, and clarity is always somewhere to be found, if wanted...blah blah....
good night from Vientiane Laos. Tomorrow to the Thai Emabassy and then another day to wait for the visa approval, only one page left in the passport and hopefully it will be filled be Tuesday with a 2-month re-entry visa for Thailand, albeit my passport will be full....what to do.