Sabaidee Pi Mai! 2

I had so much fun on Monday, the second day of Pi Mai, at a street party with some Lao friends. It's much more fun flinging water at passing trucks and motorbikes than being the one having water flung AT you.

The boys were arming themselves with little plastic bags filled with yellow-colored water (yes that is water, no they're not water balloons). These things have sharp corners and leave welts and bruises.

This dude had amazing aim. He would hit his target in the face with a water bag almost every single time. And he was encouraged to do so!

This guy, however...I call this one "Almost Got 'Im".

I call this one "Got 'Im".

 

So much fun. I'll definitely be celebrating this way again next year!

Vientiane Boat Racing Festival

On Wednesday afternoon, a friend and I joined the thousands of people by the Mekong to watch the boat races. This festival signifies the end of the rainy season and the beginning of the cool*/dry** season. 

*cool = upper 70s
**dry = less than 100% humidity

Refreshed

Yesterday we took a drive about 45 minutes outside of Vientiane to celebrate Hong's brother's brother-in-law's house-opening ceremony. It was so good to get away from the dust and pollution of the city into the freshness of the partially-jungled parts of Laos.

Sumo loves bananas.

Hand Hearts

This is my sweet friend Bee.

She likes to make hearts with her hands!

 Shadow hearts...

Spectacle hearts...

Even upside down hearts. (I clearly have a lot to learn about making hand hearts.)

A Country Outing

Sunday I went to the countryside with Hong and his family. Here are some of the happenings:

A Truck Ride

A Fantastic Hat

Sour Fruit (with a sweet, spicy, fishy sauce)

Sweet Fruit

Sisters

Baby Spit

Jonah

Bovine

The Distant Buffalo Mountains

Running Games

Rice Field Frolics