Jan and Nathan's travel schedule

Tentative travel schedule 

Jan 27- Feb 2

1/27- Leave for Tha Kaek, 5 hour drive south

1/27- 1/29- Tha Kaek: Looking for housing and office space

1/29- Leave for Thailand for the "So" people festival

1/30- 2/1- "So" festival festivities

2/1- Drive four hours north to Udon Thani, Thailand

2/2- Routine hospital visit in Udon, return to Vientiane, Laos

Not sure what she's doing here...

We've been deliberately leaving the camera at "home" due to jet lag and our fear of leaving it somewhere... we'll be bringing it with us in the next week or so. Eva's adjustment here has been great! Her sleeping is back on track, she's eating hard, talking a mile a minute, and loving all the attention. 

Eating

Eating cheese at Grandma and Grandpa Cole's house. Eva LOVES the food here, especially the lao food she's eaten, and her portions are the largest I've ever seen! She just keeps eating!

Sleeping

Exhausted after the long drive to Udon. From here on out, Eva has been sleeping through the night again!

Travel

On our 8 hour drive from Bangkok to Udon, the Thai town about an hour from the Lao border. We were happy that Eva was able to be in her car seat for this drive. For the most part, she's been riding in taxis, buses, tuk-tuks, and the sky train in Bangkok while sitting in our laps. 

Guesthouse in BKK

Eva and Nathan in the pool at our guesthouse in Bangkok. The weather was so cool, and there was no way Eva was going to let herself be put in the water!!

We're in Laos!

We are finally in Laos!!

Staying a couple nights in Bangkok was such a good decision. We had decided that we were going to start staying a night or two in Bangkok on our way into and from Laos, as a way to recouperate and prepare for the coming transitions that occur as we shift countries of "residence". This turned out to be a life saver for us, especially since Thailand is so familiar and comfortable for us. This is especially true for Nathan, and we were happy to see that his language ability quickly returned, even in the midst of jet lag! He was able to keep an easy conversation going with our taxi driver during our 25 minute drive to our guest house!! 

We haven't taken many pictures yet due to our worry that we'd lose the camera somewhere along the way in our exhaustion, but here are a few random shots we were able to take.