Greetings from Laos

Well, I'm stuck in Laos for a couple days so it's time to make the best of it. I'm in the tourist part of the capital city, which isn't much, but it's much better than nothing. The embassy is closed until monday so I have to wait till then to go pick up my passport before I can make the journey home to Bangkok. The people here are friendly (except the ones that keep trying to rip me of, which is only about half of them) and I'm able to try to meet some other travelers while I'm out here. The weather was cold yesturday, and today it's rainy. Hasn't rained in two months here, but I show up and bring the rain. Oh well, I'm getting to try some different foods here which is fun. Today I ate something called "Devil with rice". Tasted pretty good actually, despite the sound of it. I might try to take a week or so and travel around Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam right before I leave Thailand. Since I'm already out here and I think it would be great to see some of the land, I might try to squeeze that in before I return back to America. But that's still a few months away so I think I'll wait to see how this Laos trip goes first. Hope all is well back home, I'll write more when I make my way back to Bangkok.