Time to contemplate - Luang Prabang

Quotes for the Day 'You can't get lost, when you don't know where you're going' ( Wording on Bangkok T-shirt - Special relevance to me, I think those of you who know me will agree) "I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down." - Mitch Hedberg AND FINALLY - A Laos T- shirt to the person who can tell me the exact source of this French quote... 'The Vietnamese plant rice, the Cambodians watch it grow and the Lao listen to it grow'. This quote is so true. These guys make the every other South East Asian look manic. All the people who are supposed to be selling stuff in the markets spend most of their time sleeping, and there are far fewer offers of tuk-tuks etc. I am told that using too much brain power here is frowned upon as 'bad for you'. I'm enjoying getting lost in the sunshine today and looking for places to cheaply replace all the bits and pieces that I have recently lost or broken...so far I have a watch for $2.50. I asked a watch seller to replace the battery of my watch back in Vientiane, it was never again going to waterproof but I took a few swims with it so its well and truly shot. I am guessing that exploration of the waterfalls will happen tomorrow as most other things to see close down on a Sunday. There are lots of temples and a museum to have a look round. I still haven't been to any night markets so I may do that later, and we are planning to go see a newish western film 'The Queen' at about 6pm (nothing like living like a local I say LOL). A cookery course is still on the list of things to do. The $7 Mano Guest house is clean and basic and last night a young Canadian woman shared with me, which brought the price down to $3.50 each. I was very excited about this. I have no plans yet for what to do next so any ideas are, as usual, welcome. I will be sitting down today to have a think about this. The Gibbon experience sounds fantastic but I'm concerned I might freeze with fear of heights or fall off a zip line/out of a tree - see http://www.ecotourismlaos.com/activities/gibbon_trk.htm X