Trekking, Caving, and Kayaking...

Finally a picture of my embroidering! I'm much further along now. I think it will be all done by next weekend!




I though while I was here I should do something sort of touristy, so yesterday Valerie, Nina, Matt, and I went trekking, caving, and kayaking. It was a really nice day and worth the 20 dollars - lunch was even included! I wasn't so hot on the caving idea but didn't want to miss out on the other parts by not going. I think I have now really, really, figured out that caves are just not for me. What it is about them I don't know... but I don't like getting the panicky feeling that I get while I am in them. I went into two out of three. One of them was in water and you floated in a tube and pulled yourself through the cave... sort of fun... sort of not... it was very cool water.

The trekking wasn't what I was expecting. I thought we would go into the mountains or something but it was really just walking on a flat road that was wide enough for a truck to drive on. The views from part of it were spectacular but it wasn't hard or anything. The last part was kayaking. We started a little further up the river from the farm and kayaked into town. We went through the tubing area where all the bars and crazy jumps/swings are. I think I don't drink enough and have too much common scene to go tubing for the day - or at least on all the jumps.
Most of the jumps don't look safe and I'm not a thrill seeking kind of person. But I'm glad I got to see it... I don't feel like I will have missed out on a lot if I don't go tubing while I am here. Kayaking was great though, the mountains are just amazing. As Cara put it we were kayaking in the shadows of towering limestone cliffs... which is exactly what it was like.

Tomorrow I should be heading off to Luang Prabang for the week to see some more of Laos. Valerie, Nina, and I will be traveling together.. I'm excited to see something else but am also a little sad to be leaving Cara and Matt... even though I know I am coming back for two more week.