During one's travels one usually meets many people from different lands. Some you bond with immediately and a friendship develops. I met three couples from three different countries.
A mature couple from the States traveling with their daughter. Lovely people. They wanted to find a place where they could watch their local team in a match early next morning at 0600 hrs.
We searched the town for a tv relay..to no account. But we got to know each other, however briefly.
What a family! We are in touch by email.
A Belgian couple. A retired spinal surgeon and his utterly charming wife. The two days we spent together were a joy. What an experience for the both of us. This is why I travel. To meet people. To learn from them. I am in touch with them as they travel through Cambodia.
And then the utterly unbelievable British couple from Nottingham. Young Huns. Been on the road for the past four of the planned seven months. What a time we had! Wonderful, wonderful people. No wonder then that I am biased towards the British. I expect to see them when they return home to England.
And finally..let me copy you an email I received from a wonderful Laotian girl.
' Thanks! so much for your e-mail sent a photo to me
Thank you very much
Hopfully I would like to see you in Laos again, you are very nice. '
The Lao people and their country. Simple, humble, hardworking, warm, generous and friendly.
It was a delightful privilege and pleasure for me to be a guest in their country. The visit has left a lasting impression on me.
Hopefully, those of them that I encountered briefly, too shall remember a lone traveler from a distant desert. I sincerely hope so.