Hey all, sorry we haven't been able to post recently. We spent three days in the jungle, doing an adventure Wesa has affectionally called her "Fat Camp" experience. We were definitely challenged physically, over three days we hiked well over 30 miles in the jungle, up and down very difficult, muddy, leech infested terrain. It was hot, (sweltering) raining and the leeches, while they appeared to be small, were amazingly fast, and made for the insides of my shoe faster than I could try and pick them off. The reward of the hike was that we spent two nights staying in tree houses high off the ground (when I spit off the side, i was able to count well over 7 seconds before it disappeared under the canopy). To get around the tree houses, meters and meters of zip lines at our disposal. Truely, it was an amazing experience, and we'll talk more about it when we can post some pictures and video.
We returned to Huayxai and then hopped the "slow boat to Luang Prabang." Accompanied by another american from Denver, a Canadian and a bloke from Wales, we are here to try and recover from two days of sedentary boat travel down the Mekong. We would be planning on doing some kayaking or other adventuring, but....the jungle ate my passport and my ATM card. Before you freak out, things are completely under control. I have copies, and we are headed for the capital city of Vientiane to sort things out. We have enough money, and with the support of the friends we have made, things are going really well, even though I am missing a really important piece of ID for this trip. I just wanted to put that out there, in case anyone ever travels--KEEP COPIES OF ALL YOUR IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND CARDS. In this way, I have still been able to travel, with the copies. I also wanted to let my parents know that my passport is missing, in case it gets turned in to the embassy and someone calls home to tell them that I am also missing.
In sum--I am fine. Wesa is fine. My passport was eaten by a very hungry jungle. Don't ask me how. It pisses me off just to think about it.
So anyway, sans passport, but still having a good time. Hungry now, will probably have more time in Vientiane to post photos while I go through the embassy process, etc.
Wishing you well wherever you are.
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Dang- 30 miles *is* hardcore, even for me when I was backpacking for three months every summer. And that was in dry heat. That's super-hardcore, but I'm glad you guys made it through. So sorry about the passport situation :( Hope you get through the embassy process soon!
Yes, i hope so too! Not worried about it, just a hassle, unfortunately.
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