kiss me ~ jacquis ramblings

Kiss me. . . Where are you from?

We had such a cool chilled day today exploring Luang Prabang on
bicycles! We met the most amazing local who works at the elephant tour
company and spent ages talking to him. He is so intelligent and his
english (as his 4th language) was brilliant, probably the best we have
come across so far. He wants to achieve so much but just doesn't have
the money- he spent 2 years working at 2 jobs in Vientiene to get
enough money to study. He told us he wants to study IT and open his
own company. The communist government, who made the king 'dissapear',
doesn't offer education subsidiaries or loans. The laos people have
nothing and know very little- their access to the media is restricted
by the government. They have never heard of nelson mandela! And very
few of them have heard of south africa, so when we get the, 'kiss me,
where u from' question it takes a while to explain!