19-19 (Thursday) Luang Prabang

We got up early and had breakfast at our hotel before heading out. We took a tuk tuk to town to look over a couple more guest houses before our move. We ran into the Chiang Mai couple again, He is originally from Jacksonville (the 2nd one we’ve met from there.) They have been traveling together for 10 years! I asked him if he was on Social Security but he said, “no” he’s only 53. He looks much older. They have been around the world four times. He used to be an optical engineer and she’s from Spain. She taught Spainish in Calif where he was working. He sold his house, his business, everything and they have been traveling ever since. They are thinking of going to Chili from here. They usually stay in a place 4 to 6 months. Very interesting couple.

We decided on a guest house we saw yesterday. We went back to the empty hotel and moved our stuff.

We walked downtown to talk to people about other tours, then had lunch. We went into an internet during the heat of the day, back to the guest house to do laundry and put some things away. We went back to the night market and paid for a trip to the Plain of Jars on Sunday.

I love this country and the people.