First email to mom and dad

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February 3rd 2007

Published: February 10th 2007

so I'm cheating a bit with this entry - its an email I already sent to my mom and dad *** Hi mom and dad. I'm still in Luang Prabang. You should read about it online as it's a really great little town. Its so nice in this area and Ive been having so much fun that it is hard to leave. I am finally starting to understand the culture enough that I feel comfortable interacting with with local peop... Read Full Entry

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Andrew Wolff

Eri number2

Welcome to my travel blog. It's taken me entirely too long to get started with this - partly because I don't particularly like writing, especially about myself - partly because I'm lazy - partly because I can't be bothered by the dizzyingly slow internet here in smalltown Asia - but mostly because I am having entirely too much fun exploring SE Asia's incredible people, food, energy, and other cultural wonders. But for my mom's sake and anyone else who actually cares what I am up to, I will attempt to periodically provide something of substance. I'm very happy to share some of my travel exp... full info

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random pink house off the beaten path

my new friend

my tour guides

kids

I think these children were living at an orphanage, although I cant be sure (as I dont read Lao) There were about 20 boys and it was nearly impossible to snap a photo as they kept fighting for position until ending up literally inches from the camera

kid

again, jockeying for position infront of the camera

by the way, the best part about taking pictures of kids is showing them the pics afterwards. Many have presumably never seen photos of themselves. I also like to give them the camera to take some photos which is totally fun

pinata

one climbs and shakes - the rest fight it out for the fruit on the ground

modern lao electrical work

me with girl who sold me a donut which made me sick

same girl

her donuts

photo taken by girl who sold me donuts which got me sick and had me puking all night

2 on a bike is nothing - I've seen four on a bike and a family of 5 on a little moped.

sunset I was able to enjoy before falling ill from the donut

same sunset

garbabe truck

enjoying the river

one of my favorite kids ever

check out the video I took of Charlie taking this little boy's photo - a perfect example of why digital cameras are great to travel with. http://www.youtube.com/v/ymTSM0iDie8

Emily, Charlie, Owen and a seemingly mortified Tony

Local Lao club on Emily's birthday

typical asian squat toilet

I prefer going in the woods like I did all summer long on the Colorado Trail.

Some Wat in Luang Prabang

I forget which one because there are tons and I've been sitting infront of this computer for hours trying to upload these photos - you better enjoy them because I've literally spent hours upon hours uploading them

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