I was biking back into Luang Prapang after getting a small countryside tour and stopped at a small monastery for a rest from the midday heat. So far most temples I’ve visited a monk or two will come out and chat with you. This day was no exception. I wound up offering to teach a small English lesson the following day. Thus today I biked back out at 9:00. It was really my first time teaching English so I was slightly daunted but it got easier over time. I stayed until around 11:45 and they fed me a wonderful lunch or sticky rice, vegatables, eggplant dip, and noodle soup. I’ve been running into a lot of opportunities to teach yoga and English out here. I’m convinced after a year in Seattle I’ll be back here doing a little of both!

Just landed in Luang Prabang, Laos after taking a two-day slow boat ride on the Mekong River from the Thailand/Laos border. A great way to relax after the fun of Songkran in Chiang Mai! Even caught the tail end of Pi Mai in Luang Prabang! Best of both worlds!

This guy always hangs out under the tables at my guesthouse. He’s more of a cat then a dog.

I walked into a tattoo place on the main walking street of Pai and found all this guys designs are just so incredible! This is an addition to a pre-existing tattoo.

Let’s just be honest, I was sold on the Pai Chan Cottages because this adorable goofball was lounging by the pool.

I’m in Pai. It’s a little mountain hippie hangout nestled up close to Burma. To get here let’s just say there were about 720 winding turns. So 720 chances I was going to lose my lunch riding in the backseat of a bus. This is a photo of my guest house view. It’s comfortable, I slept under a mosquito net for the first time in my life. I had dinner with some people from Scotland, then wound up talking to a woman who runs a bikini business in Goa. Meandering back late to my guesthouse I was invited to a party in the bungalow next to mine. They fed me and gave me drinks. I ate some strange things in shells, I don’t even know how to describe the taste.