Today we rode to Khoun Si waterfall on push bikes. The ride was 35km there along a muddy Laos rode, up and down some jungle hills. Nick was quite unwell and stopped by the side of the road to be sick. I wondered if he was showing early signs of Malaria, with a recurring illness, but told him that it was probably just sunstroke. Anyhow, he had a "wild shit" in the bush and looked a bit perkier. Laos is a strange country. It is humid, full of muddy roads and mosquitoes and everywhere is dirty. Yet, it is considered quite unacceptable for anybody to be unclean. Thus people went past us on motorbikes with frilly umbrellas above their heads and shiny skin. Kids laughed at our mud stained faces in the streets, one girl
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