5/09/10 SLOW boat by name slow by nature

We have just left Luang Prabang on a slow boat along the Mekong river and won't reach our final port till tomorrow evening on the Thai border, although it is nice to hve te space to walk around and a western toilet on board i'm bored and not too sure if can handle 24 hours of this with a stop in an elecrticitiless town tonight. Yesterday was a fun day though, myself and my current room mate Katrin had a ride aboard an elephant which ws fun at a sanctuary for rescued elehphants used for logging then went swimming in a waterfall which has been added to with small slides and swings after lunch we climbed to the top of Luang Prabang to a gorgeous temple set in the hillside's caves and dinner was another river side graden setting restaurant which was attended by alot of hippy types playing volley ball. There we said goodbye to Chloe one of the members of our group as she was set on returning to Vang Vieng and fill up the party meter before she saw any more temples, it is sad to see another leave and makes me think even more that i chose the wrong tour to be starting a fresh and by the end will have travelled more days than beens tationary in one place. hopefully my group joining my on my PADI will be more eager to start a fresh with a lease o life as i join them at the same time as everyone else.