The rain has been sporadic but torrential. It was so strong last night that the street were pool and I almost had to swim home from a dinner with friends. The lightning was like something I had never seen before it lit up the sky and then the thunder came and at times felt like it rocked the house. Just hours prior I was at the stadium sweating with out doing much and then the skies opened up.
These last few days I have spent a lot of time with Brad and Yoxa my friends from boulder and their ever expanding social network of expats. We went to a gallery exhibition and saw some amazing handmade wooden houses made by Ken a retiree from Flagstaff Az. They were spectacular and completely made from wood around Luang Prabang. At the show we met some people like Andy the ex east coaster who is living in LP teaching yoga. He made dinner last night which was great and attended by the list above. I started coaching a few days ago and had a meeting with the Sports Committee and Somlath discussing visas and scheduling. We started some practicing two days ago and only had 2 people show up yesterday (saturday). Supposedly we start training camp on Monday so thats when the real fun begins. I havent met the whole team yet but with Somlath on board it will make communication much easier because sadly my Lao has slipped. The problem is that it wasnt very good in the first place. Because of the rain we have had rolling black outs which is always nice. Luckily they havent been lasting much longer than a few minutes at a time.
I have been readjusting to life over here and waking up at 7 am each morning which means I have a lot of the day ahead of me. I hope you all are well and don't be afraid to shoot me an email if you would like a certain topic for a post or to just talk.
