Save Will

There’s a condition that afflicts many innocent, hard-working people around the world every day. Its victims suffer from light sensitivity, disorientation, lethargy, sleep deprivation, and depression. There is no cure, but some drugs temporarily alleviate its symptoms. Many people manage to live somewhat normal lives through proper treatment. I’m referring, of course, to waking up before 9 a.m., which I had to do all this week and expect to continue doing until my body gives out. Please donate to my relief fund.

Posts tagged pakbeng

Feb 11

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Ate another American breakfast and got a sandwich to go for lunch on the slow boat. Boarded at 8:30 a.m. and sat and waited for the stragglers to arrive. Departed around 9:30 a.m. Sat with Aimee (from Austin, Texas) and we chatted for a while. I also read and listened to a couple podcasts and some music. The scenery was again very beautiful. This time my seat was much more cramped, but still the time passed quickly enough. We arrived in Luang Prabang, the old capital of Laos (rhymes with cow, not mouse), and Aimee and I took a tuk tuk to our hostel, Spicylaos. Walked with Aimee, Shelley, Glenn, and Matteo to the night market and ate a cheap dinner on the street for 10,000 kip (remember, I’m a multi-millionaire here). We crossed over the ridge of Phou Si hill near the market as a shortcut to a popular bar and lounge we had heard about called Laos Laos Garden. We ordered buckets there and hung out for an hour or so. The group decided to go dancing or bowling, I can’t recall which, and I headed for the toilet quickly before we left. I was gone for only a minute, but in that time everyone had piled into a tuk tuk and was gone. I found myself unexpectedly alone and decided to make my way back to the hostel and call it a night.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

No hot water for my shower, and there was a breeze from a fan when I turned on the shower light, so I skipped the shower except for a light rinse. Ate an American breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant. Shared a tuk tuk to the river boat pier at 9:30 a.m. Boarded around 10 a.m. and sat waiting to depart for an hour or two as others trickled on board. Listened to podcasts the whole time and watched the beautiful landscape roll by. Arrived in Pakbeng at around sunset. Hauled my gear up the hill and looked at a couple places before deciding on a somewhat pricey place at 300 baht for the night. The mattress was nice and soft for my poor back. Ate dinner with Aimee, an American from Austin, Texas, that I had met before boarding the boat, and her friends Shelley, Glenn, and Matteo, and their friends Alex and Mary. Returned to my hotel to shower and shave. Computer time until bed time. I had heard they shut off the electricity to the city at 10 p.m., but this wasn’t the case.