We Have 5 Different Currencies Currently

So we're in Laos now...

I kind of skimmed over Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It was really quite fascinating. We went for sunset one night and then woke up for sunrise the next. Unfortunately we accidentally set the alarm clock for 4am China time to be at our tuk tuk by 5am, and therefore sat an extra hour out on the street. Other than that, it was pretty awesome.

The next day we went out to our tuk tuk driver's home out in the Cambodian country a little bit. He has twin 3 year olds, a 4 year old, and a 12-year old girl who teaches English to 6 students in the neighborhood aged 3-8. His kids are beautiful, but picking up the little kids and playing with them sure made us miss a few kids back home.

We got in a shared taxi to the border of Cambodia/Thailand where we hitchhiked in the back of two pick up trucks to a bigger city in Thailand. Eventually we got on 2 more buses to the Laos border, and stayed in Laos for the night near the bus station. (3 countries in less than 12 hours) In the morning we got an early bus to the 4,000 Islands along the Mekong River near Si Phan Don and slept in a bungalow on Don Khon Island. We rented bicycles for the rest of that day and saw a really great waterfall. We climbed down inside and went swimming a bit. We were on our way to another beach and they were really old bikes with no brakes... and I fell off my bike. I'm an adult and I fell off my bicycle. So... I feel like a moron. A very nice pregnant lady helped me clean up afterwards though.

After that we went to the southern part of the Island and we took a long boat with one of the locals our to see the freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins. There are apparently only about a hundred or so left, and this area in Laos is their last habitat. They were a little ways away, but we did see quite a few. It was pretty cool.

We took a long boat off the island and got a bus back to Pakse, the big city where most buses go through. Tonight we're headed to the capital city. Should be fun.

We're doing so much so fast. The boys are having a great time going, going, going. Me... I'm tired. I'm loving this trip, but I wish we could stay somewhere more than 1 or 2 nights and just rest.

One month down, about 2 weeks to go.

We miss you all... a lot!