April 27
The electricity has gone off (again) around 5:00am and we
awaken to a very hot and dark room. We
come out and sit on the patio while we wake up a bit and try to decide what to
do today. Hudson is not feeling well at
all and has a slight fever, so our plans to visit the nearby Pak Ou caves may
be put on hold. We nurse Hudson for a
while and get him settled under the covers in our bed with books, computers,
ipods and a good movie on TV for him to spend his day lounging. Our taxi driver from the day before is
waiting patiently outside our guesthouse, but we have to tell him that we are
not going today. After speaking with
him, we notice across the street that people are eating cooked food and are
curious is the electric outage is only in our hotel. Sure enough…..our little corner is the only
business affected and we walk across the street for hot coffee and yummy
breakfast fare. Afterward, we return to
Hudson with some food and Paulie and I decide to have a little alone time by
walking around the neighborhood and out to the tip of the peninsula of Luang
Prabang. It is nice to have some quiet
time to walk at our own pace and explore on our own terms for a change. We spend about two hours walking around
before returning to the smiling faces of our kids all snuggled down in the
bedroom. Turns out is must have done
them some good to be away from us for a while.
Annie, Sam, Paulie and I head out for lunch by walking along the river
front in the direction of the silver district and find a nice restaurant on the
corner of the main tourist street. We
enjoy a wonderful late lunch and then have a nice selection of pastries offered
at the bakery next door. We wash it all
down with the most expensive lime & mint shakes that we have enjoyed so far….oh
well! Afterward, we continue on toward
the Dala Market on the outskirts of town, but we find it to be somewhat
deserted and we check out the electronics and jewelry before returning via main
street back home. Sam and I wander
around at a slower pace and I make a few purchases before we get back home and
straight into the shower to wash all the sweat and dirt off our sticky bodies. All of a sudden, the heavens start to open up
and a wonderful thunderstorm ensues. It
has been so long since we have heard and felt the rain that it is so calming
and gives us permission to tuck in and relax for a while. After a good rest and some school/journaling
catch up, Annie, Sam and I venture next
door for some massages while Hudson and Paulie stay back at the hotel. The massage place seems to double as someone’s
home and we call out for a while before settling into the lounge chairs up
front. We finally see a person emerge
after about 10 minutes and we get going on foot and back massages. We return to the hotel and the others go out
to dinner while I stay back with Hudson.
Once we are all together again, the enjoy listening to the sound of the
rain while we watch a movie on TV and drift off to sleep.
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