Rice Grains

OK, maybe we should have flown, but we took the overnight train, then a bus, instead. Trish and I left last Friday night around 7:30, arrived at the bus station in Udon Ratchetawni about 8:30 Saturday morning, then took a bus to southern Laos, arriving there about 1:30 Saturday afternoon. We stayed until Monday morning, when we reversed the process.

Our friends in Laos have twins about 3 months old, so we had ample opportunity to hold the little cuties. Our hosts also took us to see a few sights near their home. We had a very rainy, overcast, foggy 2 days, but we very much enjoyed ourselves and the wonderful hospitality shown to us.

Dad to the twins (Trish and I discovered fun settings on our cameras, so some pictures will show that:)

Trish, mom, and twins

Housekeeper/nanny with twins. Very sweet gal.

Yours truly with--which one??:)

Mekong River

Trish and I at the Mekong River

Cattle at a branch of the Mekong

On the way back to the house, we happened upon some monks busy building--and happy to be the focus of our cameras!:)

Sunday morning, we downloaded the message from the previous Sunday morning at Mechanicsburg Christian Fellowship, Trish's home church. It was a very inspiring message.

After our little church service, we headed out to see some waterfalls. On the way we stopped at a little fish farm.

In the grass by the fish farm, we found many of these plants. They are the kind whose leaves immediately fold up at a touch from your finger. I remember as a child wanting these plants just to play with the leaves.:)

Just in case you don't see the fine print below, please note that you should click on the "fine print" to see the rest of the pictures!:)