Monday, April 28, 2008

A Pleasant Surprise

I set out this morning in search of a tour to the Bolaven Plateau and ended up finding something better -- some new friends.

After checking several travel agencies with no success, I tried a popular guesthouse, where I found not only a tour, but also Matt who I had met in Kong Lor. Matt was supposed to have left for a multi-day motorbike tour, but was delayed a day because of the rain. He introduced me to a guy from San Francisco named Jeff and a man from Guadalupe (now living in France) named Fred.

With nothing to do but wait for the rain to end, we chatted and played cards all afternoon.

The picture below is a caterpillar that we saw today. I think it perfectly represents the day's level of activity (i.e. none). Cool creature, eh?

That night, the guys intoduced me to Marije and Jennifer from the Netherlands and Daniela from Germany. The whole crew went out for a family-style Indian dinner and had a really good time.

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