I keep forgetting, because we can seem to send SMS messages outside of the country here, although between each other it's fine (we have 30 free SMS credit).
bob and I hae each got Laotian SIM cards, and our contact numbers are
+856 2 05090945 (me)
+856 2 05090946 (Bob)
We also need to be in Vientianne by early April to renew our Visa's which we could only get for 15 days at the border. We are still rather undecided about what to do after this, the Plain of jars out of Phonsaan (terrific if we knew that we could hire bikes, but there used to be a ban), or straight down to the south after Vientianne.
It's amazing how quickly we can go through a million kip, even if it isn't that much by Australian standards. The wad of notes (there are no coins) is extraordinary!
later.
Loving the pictures and the stories! Sounds like quite an experience! Love the picture of the boat in particular, gee it looks great!
Don't know if you've heard about the weird stuff on the final night of the games, Craig Mottram was tripped in the 1500, then someone dropped a baton in a relay (mens 4 x 100) women's 4 x 1 got bronze, mens 4 x 4 got gold, and weirdly enough, the womens 4 x 4 got gold by default, after Jamaica dropped a baton and Ms. T.L. launched a protest about an out of order line up with England. It actually came accross as a sour victory to me at least, better if they got the bronze and everyone did everything right. Scott Martin won more stuff in the throws and did a hammer thrower.
Marty told me he has the XC coming up, and so is headed off again instead of celebrating his steeple jump pb.
And I'm craving chocolate and forcing people around me away from pizza. You know how hard that is. :rolleyes:
Have fun!