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Village Visit--Ban Xieng Mouark |
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Big Brother Mouse is an organization in Laos that produces
children's books and delivers them to rural children, many of whom have
little access to books of any sort
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| I contacted them, and arranged with Gikong, one of their authors, to accompany me on a visit to several villages, where we'd deliver packets of books to the local schools | |
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We set out from Luang Prabang, and are soon heading into hill country |
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in a Changan, a small truck made in China With bench seats mounted on the bed, it's known as a tuk tuk (one of many flavors) in Laos |
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We broke down en route (loose connection to the coil) but the driver soon got us up and running |
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We arrive at the village school |
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A well-constructed building
My Norwegian friend Ivar joined me on this jaunt He's from Kristiansand, but currently living in the Philippines |
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We first visited PangLi's class |
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then to another class |
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and another |
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after which we presented Pan Xai Yak Sak, the school director, with two packets of books, two packs of blank exercise books, and two boxes of ballpoint pens Here with Ivar and Gikong
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After leaving the school we strolled the village streets |
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A dreary, overcast, drizzly day |
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with most families doing just this: keeping warm by a fire |
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We moved on to the next village, pausing only for this Laotian traffic jam |
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