TAK BAT BEFORE DAWN!
We took to the streets this morning, before dawn! We had read about Tak Bat and wanted to see it for ourselves! And we did!
Tak Bat is when the local people come out early in the morning (before dawn) to sit along the street with their offerings of food and drink for the monks. We actually saw it this morning, even if it was on a small scale! Every morning the monks get their meals (just two—breakfast and lunch) for the day from Tak Bat! VERY.COOL.INDEED.
Then we strolled! We strolled through the Morning Market in search of wooden beads for a friend. (Mary Ann—are these what you are looking for? They were the only two sizes we have found, thus far!)
Then out on the streets we ventured! Simply fascinating, as always!
The wires! Oh my gosh, have we mentioned the wires? You have to see them to believe them!
We sent a photo to our brother-in-law, Ken, asking him to come over and help figure these wires out (he works for the telephone company). His reply was an adamant “NO WAY!”
John enjoyed a bowl of Vietnamese Pho for lunch at a roadside cafe. Notice the bowl of greens that is served with it—so totally commonplace over here!
And then we got picked up by Madam Phasouk and her husband, for a visit to a local market to buy ingredients, and then back to their house to learn to cook several Lao dishes! We were POOPED when we got back to our room (the whole get up before dawn caught up with us)! So good night, sleep tight! We’ll post pictures tomorrow about the Laos cooking class! Let’s just say it was FABULOUSO!
Tak Bat is when the local people come out early in the morning (before dawn) to sit along the street with their offerings of food and drink for the monks. We actually saw it this morning, even if it was on a small scale! Every morning the monks get their meals (just two—breakfast and lunch) for the day from Tak Bat! VERY.COOL.INDEED.
Then we strolled! We strolled through the Morning Market in search of wooden beads for a friend. (Mary Ann—are these what you are looking for? They were the only two sizes we have found, thus far!)
The wires! Oh my gosh, have we mentioned the wires? You have to see them to believe them!
We sent a photo to our brother-in-law, Ken, asking him to come over and help figure these wires out (he works for the telephone company). His reply was an adamant “NO WAY!”
John enjoyed a bowl of Vietnamese Pho for lunch at a roadside cafe. Notice the bowl of greens that is served with it—so totally commonplace over here!
And then we got picked up by Madam Phasouk and her husband, for a visit to a local market to buy ingredients, and then back to their house to learn to cook several Lao dishes! We were POOPED when we got back to our room (the whole get up before dawn caught up with us)! So good night, sleep tight! We’ll post pictures tomorrow about the Laos cooking class! Let’s just say it was FABULOUSO!
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