Avoiding white slavery…

First off, thanks to all of you who sent e-cards and birthday wishes. I have only a moment, but wanted to let you know that I had one of the most beautiful and memorable birthdays ever here in Vang Vieng, Laos.

It started last night when Fiona and Caroline knocked on my door at midnight with a banana-chocolate crepe… just what I always wanted! Crepes are big here with the huge european backpacker scene.

They also gave me a pair of Thai fisherman pants, which I had said I wanted, and a really nice card welcoming me to my durty-thirties, with such sentiments as “it’s all downhill from here” and “we hope you remember us after the dementia sets in. Then it was tubing through a cave and kayaking down the river - and it was sweet when my mates told me my ticket had been paid, awwww - and it ended up being gorgeous and fun and we made even more friends who are waiting for me to go out to dinner. My kayak partner was a hilarious aussie who looks a little like Prince William (nice! but I still like Harry better) and we sang Blondie songs and Kenny Rogers songs and guess what, we were the only kayak not to capsize in the rapids! Yes, I am that good. We agreed on the last leg, as the sun was setting, that we would be especially careful, as I was really cold and he had a big Lao Beer between his knees.

Lunch on the river, kayak pit-stop: Fiona (irish), me, Jane (Brit), Tone (Lao), Sota (Japanese), Den (Irish), Baz (Aussie), and the French-Canadian girl
But I have to run, we are meeting the rest of our group (2 french canadians, the aussie, his lao friend, and a nice japanese fella) for dinner… some of them want to sample the “happy” shakes but I think I’ll pass. I have a bus to Vientiene to catch in the morning!

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