Elephants here we come!

Well as planned....today is a chill day. Eric chose to take a tuk tuk up to a waterfall about 3o kilometer from here to swim. I chose to take a day off and shop some and just relax....as well as update the blog. I had hoped to post some more pics of the boat ride but the memory card with those pics on it was left in the room (if i get motivated and run there and repost later this afternoon). Anyway, we will be completely offline for the next couple days. We booked a 2 night/3 day elephant tour/trek. Day one we head into the mountains to the elephant camp. We learn about the elephants, care for them, feed them, walk them, etc. After lunch we load up and take a tour on the backs of the elephants....not bad eh? Day 2 is a riverboat ride upriver then i hike back to a mountain village. We will spend the night in this mountain village. Day 3 is a kayak trip down the Kan River back into the city of Luang Prabang. We're both really excited for this part of the trip. We initially only planned on a two day tour but with the deletion of Angor Wat and all of Cambodia for that matter we have some extra time. As i stated in the previous post, the boat trip was awesome so if this even compares then we're in for a treat. The city of Luang Prabang is a really cool little place. Has a local population of about 20,000 and some tourists but not thousands like some of the other places we've been. We checked into our nicest hotel yet with air conditioning and a T.V. Eric even managed to watch the basketball playoff game so that was a treat for him.(I was shopping(again)). Things are working out pretty darn well. We left alot of souveniers with the brother of a person Eric works with in Bangkok. That has provided some extra space for more impulse buys as well as some relief from the ultraheavy packs. We will make our way to Bangkok by plane here in the next week or so. Then get some beach time down in southern Thailand before we head home. Cindi has decided to fly out when I'm scheduled to leave so we can get married in Bali. Well thats about it. Nothing else is new! Hope everything is well over there (everything other than the gas prices that is!) BTW...I'm kidding about the marriage. She has a concert in Vegas that she says she CAN'T MISS....so i guess we'll have to come up with another plan. Bye for now!

Rob