Its very good, 5% with a crisp clean taste and get this it cost 40p a bottle. Back of the net. Its to easy to have a drink in this country. Sile made me buy a bottle of whiskey the first night we got to vang vieng, with two cokes it cost 3.20 or something, and its good gear. Laos has been a mixed bag. When we crossed the border into huay xai it was roasting, 35 plus. we spent 2 days there and then got the 2 day slow boat down to luang prabang, stopping over night in pak beng, tiny place run of generators, at 11.30 the place just shuts down, quite strang. Anyway, we were really looking forward to luang prabang as it is bigged up in the travel book. What a let down, it was freezing which was not ideal and the prices were sky high. It was a blaytant tourist trap, bit annoying. Anyway we have ended up in a place called vang vieng which is sweet as a nut. Alot cheaper and lots of bars, restaurants also things to explore like caves and lakes and more bars etc etc…
We went to see Thai boxing on Friday, what a night. The great thing about Thai boxings rules are, that there are no rules. The stadium was quality, wooden framed corrugated Iron roof. Ringside seats and a stall to get a few sherbets from. As the snake charmer style music sang out the first fighters appeared. Starting out all slow and sort of movin to the music, I was beginning to think we had been done, but then all of a sudden, smack and kick. The fight explored into a kicking and punching feast. Round three and things were getting abit hairy for the fighter in red, 30 seconds to go in the round and out of no where a full force elbow crack onto the jaw and done goes the blue fighter! Hes out cold for a full 6 minutes. The commentator grabs the mic and trys to assure everyone that the fighters alright. Carried out on a stretcher and left in the docs room, (a hut with a red cross painted on it). After 6 minutes hes up and about with a ciggy on the go. Quality
Afternoon all,
Just a quick one. The beer is good the food is even better. Saw some chap about 250 today on a motorbike with a freezer lashed to the front of it selling ice cream. Legend
As Europe once famously said…
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