Today we were up early with the plan of being at the National Museum, which is in the old royal palace, by opening time of 8am. We were there on time but unfortunately it is closed on Tuesday. Misinformation in our guide book, but we have walked past this building so many times you would think we would have confirmed the days open. We continued on with our plan to take the tuk,-tuk out to the Living Craft Center for Leslie to learn something about the back strap loom and to have lunch out there. The restaurant there has decent food and you have a lovely view of the Mekong River, so it was an enjoyable time. Good thing David has a book he can't seem to put down.
After returning to town we browsed in a second hand book store, which you can exchange books and pay $2.50 which goes towards books for the children's library adjoined to the book center - this looked like it was in a old converted church. Late afternoon and evening was spent collecting laundry, exchanging David's book and getting packed up to be ready to travel to Phonsavan by minibus tomorrow. Dinner was at Rosella Fusion again and we had a crepe with coconut icecream for the lady on the main street and wrote postcards.
One thing we did not do here that we would have enjoyed is renting a bicycle to go around the historic town and out to some of the close by outlying areas. The bicycles are available all over town and our Villa Somphong has some for rent as well. They usually all have baskets and locks but only a few places seem to rent with a helmet.
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