Autumn Events in Vientiane

The boat racing festival, following the end of buddhist lent - 28th of October. A famous Lao event. The level of the Mekong was exceptionnaly low though given that we were at the end of the rainy season. The location of the race had to be moved up on the Mekong river, not downtown anymore. It was nice to watch. But the commercial fair that took place in the center of town was just a busy, noisy hustle and bustle!

Halloween, something  celebrated in our bi cultural English-Lao school. Kids love it. I dressed up as a wicked witch and the kids wore their nicest Halloween outfit. Check us out !

That Luang festival, a buddhist festival - the 24th of November, actually the biggest donation day of the year. Lao people wear their nicest outfit and monks gather from all over the country to get offerings that range from banknotes, fruit  juice, candies, soap, food cans, anything that you can store...

Here are a few pictures that give you glimpse of what it 's like.

My New Friend

Sorry guys, I haven't met George Clooney yet!
Let me introduce you to my new friend : Kittycat!
She was one of those stray cats that I fed, but this one was not wild, loved to be pet and became my friend. Ultimately she didn't let the other cats approach her new territory.

And one day I noticed she had a big wound under her tail, probably a dog's bite, a wide and deep cut, pretty bad! I was worried and took her to the vet. Since they had to put her to sleep to make stitches to the tail, they also fixed her hernia (she had a big lump on the abdomen) and spayed her (they removed the uterus and ovaries). In the end that is what she looked like after all that surgery, and I felt like the worst torturer to this little cutie. She had to be taken care of so I de facto adopted her !