it's been over 7 years
since i was last in laos
~~~
when will i get back there?
one day...
i'll catch a boat up the maekhong river
again
from luang phabaang, then turn into the ou river
about an hour or 2 upstream (depending on the current)
snaking thru mad limestone karsts
past small bamboo villages with pigs and children
mudslides on the steep slopes of the hills leading up from the river
high up on the slopes, a small filed cut out of the forest
a rough bamboo shack provides the only level place to sit up there
and count the poppies
~