Mays End

As the days grow longer and my time here dwindles I have had some interesting new experiences.  Most of my days are the same with waking up checking the internet then heading out for lunch.  I will normally spend a few hours at the library each days trying to sell books for CLI and work on my Lao.  Sometimes this awards me with new and interesting opportunities, such as yesterday.  Yesterday was the first day of a two day CLI activity volunteer training session(sorry about the awkward language not sure how else to write it).  This means that for about 6 hours each day the CLI staff will be training volunteers on songs, dances, and other learning activities to perform at the Khmu School.  Chanta took photos and put some up on here website.  Her favorite video she took was of musical chairs.  She tried to show it to me about 4 times over the afternoon.  I went out to lunch with Brad and Yoxa and then came back to do a puzzle and play some chess.  I am room next to the library there is a Cafe that Chanta started and over the past few days we have helped rearrange it.  La, Chanta's husband, was over in the Cafe drinking with some friends when Chanta told me I have to go over and try some worms.  I was naturally intrigued by the "worms" so I walked over to see what the fuss was all about.  In actuality I am pretty sure it was caterpillar larve but they were huge.  Imagine half a roll of quarters.  At first I thought it was a joke but after Yoxa ate one I had to try it.  You eat them by peeling the skin (unless your a local lao kid) and then eating the insides.  They were cooked and very greasy.  Not much to eat but they werent bad.  I was proud of my exotic eats as I chased it down with some beer lao.  Over the next few hours I drank and ate with La and his friends.  I even started an english  lesson with them over the next few weekends I am here.  After Chanta kicked us out I head out for some food.  Tom wasnt feeling great so he headed home when I was mid meal.  I followed shortly there after.  I sat home for about 20 minutes before taking my next adventure which was a trip to ice cream with Lanoy and Chanti, two of my english students.  To my surprise we were biking to ice cream.  I got on one really old bike that was too small and they shared another.  We biked through the city as kids on motorbikes raced around us.  Almost died once.  They kids seem to travel in roving gangs and the motorbike driving age must be about 6.  We got ice cream and had a good conversation about how I am going to buy Lanoy a car and a trip out to America.  I was pretty intrigued by this because I wasn't sure what I was getting out of this deal.  We got home and sat outside of Chantas moms house and talked before I was so lost and not even included in the Lao conversation I went home to bed.  I cant believe I only have two weeks left.