Yesterday's brutal ride made us a little tired, so today we took it a little slower. It started with a nice breakfast with wi-fi and some local construction going on next door. It was loud, but I was curious about what the sounds were. They were building a new fence, a steel gate, doors, and door frames all at the same time. One guy was using an electric planer to straighten out all the boards for the fence without any ear protection. That would drive me insane!
From there we headed up the close by mountain to Wat Tham Phu Si. It is 100m high and the weather was sweltering. But once at the top we were rewarded with gentle breezes and intriguing Buddhist architecture. There were a few larger than life golden Buddhas and even a large footprint from Buddha himself. It was under a rock canopy and pictures were not allowed. Too bad.
Compliments of USA????
After that we went down the other side of the mountain to get fruit shakes and sandwiches. Thomas turned us on to a real winner of a shake. You ever had an avocado banana shake? It was pretty good. It tastes mostly like banana with a light avocado flavor. The other thing we got were sandwiches LAOS style. We had no idea what that meant, but it must be good, right? The sandwiches came out and we were surprised. They had fresh bread with cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, tofu, chili sauce, maybe a fish paste?, and what we call pig fur. Pig fur is a dehydrated pork in strands. It has a sharp taste and once it is moistened, it's not that bad. Just different.
The bicycle fatigue was really setting in. We then stomped back to the guest house to take a much needed and deserved nap. After that, we decided to meet up again and check out the restaurant Utopia. This place was a backpackers dream. It was quite the hippie hangout with volleyball, games, food, drinks, wi-fi, views of the river, lounge cushions, and nargiles. This type of atmosphere sure doesn't come cheapl. It was two to three times as expensive as the other places in town and the people there didn't even seem to care. I think we identified at least a dozen people from the two long tail boats we took to get here. Funny thing how the travelers all flock together looking to get away and see the country. It was nice, but we won't be going there again. It was Roberts birthday, and we thought a nice place would make it great, and it did. Just wait for Katherine's birthday. There might be ice cream in the forecast, if she is good.
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