Luang nam tha

Laos is really rainy at the moment, it's the rainy season don't you know.
The charge tourest more for everything system is alive and well in Laos which makes some things significantly more expensive than in China.
Food and drink around double and internet up to 10 times the price.
Accomodation seems fine, back to guest houses after hostels being more the norm in China.
This is a quiet little town.
Unfortunately I hurt my knee which is making walking less fun.
I met two guys with a hairball scheme to build a raft and head down river,
so I watched them building their raft, of course they ended up getting the bus.
I walked up the nearby hill over the town.
These were recently stripped of their forest cover, stumps and trunks still everywhere, and planted for agriculture.
Well not too much to do other than get really wet.