4/25/02 Viang Viene, Laos (Kelly)
Phill, Eve, Anne, Esther, Afke and I...goodness, I don't think it could get any larger than this, took a tour through some caves today, 3 to be exact. The first cave was a total walk/swim of about 5km. Yes, I did say swim. The water inside at points was so deep that we literally had to take our clothes off and swim...burr, the water was sooo cold. The rocks were so moist from the water and mud, which causes them to never really dry, so as you can probably imagine, it was extremely slippery. On the way out I got a really good scream...thank god this time it wasn't me that made entertainment headlines for the day; it was Eve. We were walking out and she stepped in a mud whole and fell right on her ass. She was literally covered in mud from head to foot, which eventually dried and became crusty, for the next couple of hours. Esther and I rolled. I know it was probably not the politest thing to do but neither of us could help it.
After we left the first cave we went and looked around in another one for about 30 minutes before we got to eat lunch...uhhh, we were all starving!
We ate sticky rice and bananas at someone's house, who I think feeds the tour on a regular basis. Wasn't bad, but I definitely wasn't full!
Fun time! Next, we went tubing down the river. Anne and I had to devise a plan to keep our cameras from getting wet, which made for another big laugh! I actually can't wait for these pictures to come out--my crazy new friends!
Esther, Afke, and Eve have all arranged my trip to the Netherlands for the latter part of the summer...they're going to be my tour guides. Anne has also offered her home in Denmark when Phillip and I arrive there. I'm getting really pumped about my journey to Europe.