Laan Yaa Mo wrote:Oh, I forgot to introduce Kratai. I met her a few years ago in Khon Kaen, but did not see her last year. I was making my way from bus station #1 in Khon Kaen to my hotel when a lady called out my name and came running after me. She had seen me get off the bus from Viang Chan while looking out her window, and came to talk with me. We had dinner together (see above), and will again tonight.

Bloody Hell Uncle, 2 Nights Dinner on the run......When Are you buying The Ring ??

There will be no ring although the subject has been introduced but not by me. Kratai keeps reminding me that she is 50 now and has no feelings about sex anymore, and she has no inclination in that direction. However, she has offered a good life together in which I can purchase some land, and she can cook and look after me. I guess I would spend my time reading books or something. Anyway, that is not the life for me.

This talk has prompted me to head back to Laos tomorrow although I am still undecided whether to go to Savannakhet or Viang Chan.

Find yourself a 49 year old with the same cooking skills who still enjoys the occasional root uncle. Then you can put your feet up in front of a good book

Excellent advice. Thanks.

It is time to leave Kratai behind. Tonight she gave me a lecture on yin/yang and which foods to eat to bring balance to my body. She does not believe in western medicine, which is okay, but there is not that much in the Chinese version to bring confidence that yin/yang will prolong my life.

Laos just keeps getting better and better for me. Last year was a great adventure, and this summer has been too. The difference this year is the way some ladies seem to be attracted to me, and there seems to be no rhyme nor reason to it.

Yesterday was my last day in Laos this year and I thought to top off a good trip I would venture to a concert featuring famous Lao pop singers. This entertainment has been going on for the past few days, and it seemed a nice way to relax prior to heading home. However, the concert last evening was for young kids with puppets and stuff like that. So I bolted.

It took awhile to get a tuk-tuk because the site was quite a distance from the centre of Viang Chan. My goal was to go to a favourite restaurant of mine and have their delightful duck noodle soup. But, the place was packed so I made a takeout order. Nothing unusual yet...

As I walked back to my hotel across from Talat Sao I saw this stunning lady sitting on her motorcycle doing nothing much. I glanced at her and she smiled back, but on I trotted. Subsequently, she drove her motorcycle about 10 yards in front of me, and waited for my arrival. I was not long in coming...in a manner of speaking. We exchanged hellos...she spoke perfect English...and gave ourselves names and other small talk. Then she offered to take me to the hotel and we could share my dinner. I could not believe my good fortune for not only is this buxom lass a great looker but I was staying at a Chinese Hotel which means that they do not care about 'the no girls permitted in the room' rule.

It turns out Lizza is just 25, and works as a physiotherapist with her father in Viang Chan. She is Chinese, very well-educated, and I guess lonely. I tried to figure out why anyone with this much going for them would want to spend any time with an old geezer like me. But, that is how it has been this trip.

The balloon (I detest condoms) looked to have burst after about 30 minutes when she said she had to go but would return later. I figured this meant she had finally come to her senses, and realised my age, my capabilites and all that. 555+

So, I ate the duck noodle soup alone, showered and got ready to sleep. At that point there was a knock at the door. She was back! Unreal!!!

I must say that one of my lifetime dreams is to have slept with a woman with huge...um...yeah those...at 68 years my wish was finally granted. Paradise must be like this.

We parted at 5 in the morning as I left for the airport to catch a flight to Bangkok. She left me with a wish that I return at Christmas to see her. This was a fantastic way to end a fantastic journey to Laos and Khon Kaen.

Canada looms on the horizon so my good luck is bound to fizzle out soon, but in the meantime I have got some very good memories.

Maybe there is a God after all. Nah...but, still.

Delighted that you had such a fortunate ending to your visit Uncle.

Your travelogues are always an interesting read but this one has been a little racier than usual - have you got a gig with Mills & Boon now as well as the University ?

Hopefully it will encourage you to return - nice time of year in SE Asia is Christmas...

I'm getting a bit suspicious that you have been practising some creative writing with your reports uncle.

Thanks for the great reports. Have a safe trip home.

Thanks, Khun Helm, I would like to return for a few weeks at that time of year. The racy accounts are as mystifying to me as anyone else, but they are the truth and the whole truth. There is more in the details but I have written enough about the last encounter.

So, Khun GT93, it is not creative writing or wishful thinking, just the facts, amazing as they are to me. I wish I had been this popular decades ago. 555+

By the way, I have not finished the reports as I was often too tired to write them when on the road or I was in places that had no internet cafes or the computers were infected and Udonmap and the University of Toronto would not give me access to making and sending messages.

I hope you have booked an early appointment for confession at St. Thomas Aquinas upon your return, Uncle.

Given the breadth of your sins and indiscretions, I would recommend going there straight from Pearson.

Congratulations on a dream come true LYM. You probably have a little more spring in your step now. Have a happy and safe trip home =D> Look forward to reading the remainder of you stories you old Sociopath (what ever that is)

Thanks Khun Aardvark, yes, my walk is quite liviely now and there seems to be a permanent smile on my face.

Khun Jack, yes I will head to the nearest House of the Catholic God and confess that I have put my faith in something that stirs the soul, and explain to the Priest why he should give up the habit, the cross and all the rest of it, and get on with living before it is too late for a redeeming move in a positive direction. Jesus!

hey... LYM... you are aware that if you get rousted by the Lao police for having intimate relations with someone other than your wife up there you can go to jail right? T'is against their laws...

So Uncle, Have you woken up from your DREAM Yet,Or Did you Miss your flight to Bangkok.....???

If You Did'nt Have a Nice Flight Home,Not That Long till you'll see SNOW Again.....

The secret of Laan Yaa Mo's recent great success with the ladies is no great secret to me. His has been very blessed by his "patron saint" Yaa Mo. The big question from me is "what exactly did you promise her, Uncle?" Maybe dancing naked at her shrine in Korat? 555 ,,, You had better pay up, and fast. 555,,, Cheers

BobHelm wrote:Delighted that you had such a fortunate ending......?.

I'm sure Bob meant to say 'happy'

LoongLee wrote:The secret of Laan Yaa Mo's recent great success with the ladies is no great secret to me. His has been very blessed by his "patron saint" Yaa Mo. The big question from me is "what exactly did you promise her, Uncle?" Maybe dancing naked at her shrine in Korat? 555 ,,, You had better pay up, and fast. 555,,, Cheers

555+ Yes, it is something like that, and will take place next year in central Khorat at the shrine.

747man wrote:So Uncle, Have you woken up from your DREAM Yet,Or Did you Miss your flight to Bangkok.....???

If You Did'nt Have a Nice Flight Home,Not That Long till you'll see SNOW Again.....

The flight left on time, but I am stuck in Hong Kong for ten hours...no good fortune here. In about three hours I am off to Helsinki and then on to Toronto, where, I hope, there is no snow on the ground...yet.

And, I can't get rid of the memories for very long. Sitting in the chair on the plane will provide me with ample time to reflect on recent events.

FrazeeDK wrote:hey... LYM... you are aware that if you get rousted by the Lao police for having intimate relations with someone other than your wife up there you can go to jail right? T'is against their laws...

Yes, I am aware of that rule, and they are posted in most hotels; however, I also discovered that Chinese hotels, for the most part, ignore the rule, and all's well that ends well. They also do not ask for a passport and rarely have the customer fill out the card identifying the person staying at their establishments. In addition, some popular guesthouses make rooms available for both short-time and long-time visitors.

parrot wrote:

BobHelm wrote:Delighted that you had such a fortunate ending......?.

I'm sure Bob meant to say 'happy'

He is right, and so are you. It was a combination of both. I still can't believe why such a lady, who has everything going for her, would waste her time with an old guy like me. But, c'est la vie, and I am both happy and filled with feelings of good fortune. 55+

I took Lao Airlines three times on this trip:- Viang Chan - Luang Nam Tha, Luang Prabang - Pakse, and Viang Chan to Bangkok. One very interesting point is that on all three flights the airplane took off ten minutes early! I have never experienced this before, and wondered about those stragglers running on the tarmac after the plane...'wait for me, I've got my ticket...come back'!!!

OT, please note you'll need to swig that expensive Shiraz a bit more quickly if flying Lao Airlines. Ex-pats who have gone native and live on Thai time perhaps shouldn't fly Lao Airlines. KP and Ontarians should be OK.

[quote]GT93: Uncle will have entered that period where one's recent holiday seems long ago.[quote]

Actually, it is still vivid in my memory. Anything lost was brought into sharp focus last Thursday when I visited the doctor and found that I had lost 13 lbs., and was down to 185 lbs., a weight I have not seen since my mid-40s. Furthermore, my 3-month blood sugar level had dropped to 6.5, and I no longer have to take 4 of the diabetes pills I had been ingesting every day for the past five years.

Holidays in Laos, and Khon Kaen, does wonders for one's health.

congrats on getting your blood sugar under control...I follow you writings about your adventures in issan and laos with great interest as i haven't been to laos since 1973; a beautiful country with lovely people my issan bride of 45 years and I will visit issan for our 16th trip since moving to united states in 1973.we will be bringing our 24 year grandson with us for his second trip home. he last visited and rode the elephants in chaing ria at 9 years old hes a terrific lad and great photographer hope to share some of his work here...my quest with diabetes has been long and is finally after 20+ years showing progress my figure below 6 for first time in forever. we wish you all the best with your health and journey sincerely kularb and john scoggins