Oh Rats!
Trip Start
Feb 25, 2008
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Trip End
May 06, 2008
Pakbeng,
Lao Peoples Dem Rep
Thursday, March 13, 2008
after our usual wandering for a guesthouse we pick, stupidly, the cheapest, mainly becuase it has a massive pink bed with 'love' written all over it,a nd a giant pink mosquito net. oh dear, what is the world, or more importantly, what are we comig to>? the bed was in fact, 2 beds, pushed togeter so an unlucky someone would get the groove, and not in a funky, dancelicious sorta way either. Ate in an indian restaurant for no partiular reason, and returned to our boudoire to discover the following faults (apart from the bed groove)
1) The curtains didnt cover the window
1a) this meant that if we had the light on people could look in. from the street.
1b) it meant bastard mozzies could get in
2)the shower was in fact a cold tap
3) thểre wass a peephole in the shower, from the room opposite above us
4) the shelf under the mirror was covered in hair..i wont elaborate on the type, but you get the gist.
5)hannah (mildly) electrocuted herself, and more importantly, hẻr ipod when plugging it in to charge, because the electricity wass basically an extension cord.
6) the sink leaked into the bin, where you put your poo paper (i pity the emptier, unless it ứa the owner, in which case HAHA you had to pick up soggy pee paper!!)
7)the shower wass convieniantly placed directly above the toilet, so if you felt like multitasking, it wass posible
8)the door to the bathroom didnt shut. át all
9) the bathroom wass merely a partition wall, that didnt mêet the ceiling
10) the rat.
11)the other rat
12)their friends
13)the rat house party that happened in our room at 3am
14)and 4am
15)basically all night
16)the electricity got turned off at night
17)therefore we couldnt crash the pảrty
18)or see to CRUSH the rats
that was our stay in pak beng...i was in a mildly better state than the others the next morning, ás i had a feeling it wasnt, ás holly suggested, a trained monkey stealing all our valuables, or a MASIVE GIANT BIRD that might poo on us (under sed love net) and merely hoped the ratties would eat their canepes (our sandwiches) and leave.. which they did.so i slept through a lot òf it..we stupidly PAID for our room and left, on a smaller, even more uncomfortable boat than the day before..the views were still just ás fabulous.....
we arrived in Luang Prabang later that day, at 5pm in fact, adn walked up another masive hill, to, once again, commence our search for a guest house....
