Breakfast and photographs – Laos

We are currently enjoying our breakfast on the ground floor of our hotel. I just had a ‘light european breakfast’, consisting of a croissant (which today, was stale), natural yogurt and honey (which today had no honey) a fresh fruit platter and a lao coffee. The hotel is lovely, the staff are great, but at times infuriating as the Lao ‘PleaseDon’tRush’ charm quickly wears off when you actually need something – like immediately. Am I speaking the truth or just being a spoilt expat? Let me know when you get here!

The hotel has wonderful pre-war photographs from the national archives which we haven’t yet visited. We tried to visit in January but they were closed for a period of time over the Christmas and New year period. I especially like the photograph below of the woman with the beaming smile, harvesting poppies. It was during this period of time that the cultivation of poppies was a more lucrative business than the time-consuming art of weaving.

(Lao children embroidering textiles)