Luang Prabang and Beer Lao

In Luang Prabang now following a nine hour bus trip through the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen. Mountains, jungle, rivers, little villages of straw huts and gorgeous Lao kids running up to the road to wave... it was absolutely stunning, like Luang Prabang itself. On the edge of the Mekong River, Luang Prabang is a bit of a hippy town it seems and very, very relaxed. I think I'll stay here for a while.

I am sharing a room with a Dutch dude and two Swiss girls that were also on the bus (we were the only four foreigners). All very nice people. We managed to score a nice room with private bath, a/c and TV for us$3 each! We're very happy. The three of them are sleeping now because we are going out for some drinks later. I definitely won't be having Beer Lao.... yesterday in Vientiane I decided to give it a try as it is supposedly the nicest beer in Southeast Asia. That may be the case, but not being a lover of beer I still didn't like it. Nevertheless I drank the whole glass so as not to embarass myself infront of the diplomats and NGO workers around me at the bar, the whole time trying to hide the fact that I couldn't stand it. No easy feat, I'll tell you that! I'm never going to have a drop of beer in my life again, be it good beer or not!!