The Great Phabang
Hello friends, today I'm reporting again from the Great Phabang. I had the pleasure of seeing said Phabang today, the most sacred buddha statue in Laos, for which this city is named.
I also visited the old Royal Palace and a contemporary art exhibit, after enjoying coffee and a chocolate croissant. All in all, an uneventful, but pleasant day.
I feel like my entries haven't been particularly interesting or action-packed recently. I think this reflects my change in travel attitude. I'm trying to slow down and chill out a little bit more.
My travel attitude can be summarized by the following points:
Priority #1: have a good time.
Priority #2: have a positive attitude.
Priority #3: be nice to people
I also went to a Wat this morning (a what?? just kidding)--a buddhist temple. It was pretty, but I gotta be honest, it's like churches in Europe. They all start to look the same.
Have I mentioned I can't seem to sleep past 7:30 under any circumstances? It's really annoying. I was excited to go to bed at 8:00 when I was in the tree house (it got dark, we had no candles) so I could get 12 hours of sleep. What have I become?
Stay well friends, and remember to comment every once in a while or I start to feel lonely.
TTFN,
Lauren
posted by Lauren at 4:15 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Lauren:
I look forward daily to the latest report on your activities and am intrigued by all the cities and sights that you undertake to visit. Generally, your blogs are impeccably fashioned but the above report has one error of assumption. That is your feeling that your recent 'entries aren't interesting or action packed'. Wrong! The fact that you aren't finding leeches in your navel on a daily basis or feeding ants with dead scorpions that you've killed in your bungalow in no way detracts from the interest of your nearly daily reports.
I can only hope that others are corresponding with you via e-mail since the recent blog commentary activity has indeed been skimpy at best. But your entries are anything but mundane. On the contrary, I've kind of abandoned my more frequent commenting because I've nothing to offer that can remotely compare with the information that you give your readers. I find it every bit as interesting as it was in the first few days after you arrived in Vietnam. So please be assured that your efforts are as much appreciated as the in the days immediately after your first jungle excursion. You don't have to be wading in ankle deep bat poo to be interesting!
So, you want to see how boring I can be? This was another Habitat workday and as we are nearly finished with our current project, 7 of the 12 of Bud's Bunch that showed up were given the task of coating the walls with a third layer of paint. We finished that by noon and so, with nothing more to do, some of us left the site at about 1:30. The others were finishing installing the laminate floor. Isn't THAT interesting? Now, I truly feel that my entries lack a certain panache when compared to ANYTHING that you've been doing. The guys are still asking about you though, and so today I gave them a report on your itinerary to date, as best I could recall it. They (WE) are amazed at your daring and nerve, undertaking to travel to these off-the-beaten-path locations all on your own. I am amazed at how you go about locating the various attractions, accommodations, FDA approved eateries and other points of interest. Certainly you can't be carrying THAT many guide books in that back pack!
Lauren, just be assured that we are thinking of you and find your commentary to be continuously interesting. Surely your closing comment will jog a few more of your readers into more frequent responses, as it has me.
I hope that all continues to go well, that you continue to be in good health and that you know that more than a few of us appreciate your reports and wish you well!
Godspeed!
George
10:51 PM
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