no real news tonight. just thought i'd respond to everyone who has been trying unsuccessfully to call us. we had a load of laundry done a few days ago, and accidentally threw the phone in with the wash. our phone is now clean and smells fantastic, but no longer works. we leave tomorrow morning on a long jaunt into laos. once we make it to luang probang, a city i hope is as fun to see as it is to say, we will look into buying a new phone. until then, we look forward to getting emails, comments on our blog, and facebook messages.
there is no other news. we have done nothing for the past two days. the heat is sweltering. i hope the airconditioning works on our buses tomorrow.