Spoke too soon!

I guess I've paid the price for boasting about how I haven't had a day of illness on my travels. That has changed over the last 24 hours - but just with a badly upset stomach which I'm sure will recover fairly quickly. Anyway, my plan for today had been to head for Laos and get started on a river journey to Luang Prabang. In the morning my stomach told me this would be a bad idea; so I have just lain low here all day - until heading out for a low-risk meal this evening with Alicia - a fellow traveller from Canada. She has just arrived from Laos, and is heading for the Golden Triangle; so we hade a useful exchange of experiences.

That's it for now.