You know when there is silence, that the going is good :)

Sorry about the slack blogging of late, Matt and I have just been on holidays πŸ™‚

At the moment we are sitting in a hot internet cafe, talking to our parents on skype (isn’t the internet great) and listening to live Laos music at an open air college graduation ceremony. At the moment we are in Luang Prabang in the North of Laos in the mountains. It is very beautiful here, hence touristy. It is were the Mekong meets the Nam Khan river. So much to say, mix of local politics and the way of life here…but not sure that I wanna be sitting on the internet for hours typing it all out or that you will want to read all of our rants and take on the local situation. In brief the Chinese seems to have their eyes on Laos for Hydro electricity schemes and there is also pressure to start mining exploration here…the promise of big $$$ seems to be more aluring than the small amount of money they can make from keeping the environment beautiful with ecotourism and local industry that relies strongly on the environment.

So more about us, we have turned a little soft. We are staying in a beautiful hotel with air conditioning and hot water on the river front. Tomorrow we board a 5 star boat and travel along the Mekong river towards the Thai border to a place called Huay Xai which is a two day slow boat trip away. So we off set our guilt by visiting and supporting some local NGOs by buying local produce, yes we have had to expand our packs, and maybe have to buy a second bag πŸ™‚ We visited an NGO yesterday called Big Brother Mouse, that produces fun books in Lao to encourage children to enjoy reading. We have also bought up big in local textiles and visited the Laos versions of Friends which is a restaraunt that trains street kids in hospitality skills.

Any how we will bore you with more stories and photos in the coming weeks. Off to see the beautiful sunset.

2 thoughts on “You know when there is silence, that the going is good :)”

  1. Photos are coming, don’t you worry we aren’t carry around 2 tons of photography gear not to be showing off all the pics. Maybe when we’re back in Vientiane the internet connections will be a little better. Or you can see all off Matt’s work at the joint exhibition that he is exibiting in next year in October. Very exciting πŸ™‚

  2. Where are the photos? WE WANT PHOTOS??!! You could be making this up for all we know – like the moon landing πŸ˜‰

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