Finally, affordable health care
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Chiang Khong,
Thailand
Friday, October 24, 2008
We made it up to Chiang Khong this evening and right now I'm sitting on the deck of our guest house overlooking the Mekong River, listening to music coming from a restaurant across the river in Laos while Sarah is getting a Thai massage. I've been a little out of it the last couple of days, but medical problems are completely par for the course for me. Anyway, we cross the border into Lao Democratic People's Republic in the morning. It's our first communist country, so we're really excited. We're hoping I can finally get the affordable healthcare those stingy capitalists have been keeping from me all this time. Maleewan, the owner of our guest house for the night, says she only believes two things: "big fish always eat small fish" and "never want go jail in Lao." With that in mind, I'll be on my best behavior. We're catching a boat on the other side of the river in the morning and will have a two day boat trip down the Mekong to get to Luang Prabang, Lao DPR, a UNESCO world heritage site and apparently one of the most breathtaking cities on the planet. That said, we hope to be able to update y'all on the boat trip and our opinion of the infamous Lao whiskey on Sunday evening our time, which is like last november for you guys.
Lane
and yes, I did refer to it as Laos, Lao, Lao Democratic People's Republic, and Lao DPR because nobody refers to it the same way, and I'd like to share the confusion. Come to think of it, maybe I don't want these people operating on me if they can't even figure out their own name.
