From cramp that kills to bubonic plague that doesn’t, with a potential cancer in between: another dull month in Laos. April 11th 2021 It had been an early night. Ali was reading whilst I monitored the on-going Test Match. A curse from my side of the bed and she turned to face me, although her gaze immediately drifted beyond. “Yeti, why is it orange outside?” There was indeed a strangely flickering glow and, equally flummoxed, I jumped up to draw the curtain. Shit, we were alight. The bin on the wooden balcony was spewing fou ... read more
