I never expected in Laos...

... to have to help try and relocate someone's shoulder.
... to wait for a bus for 24 hours in a roadside village in the middle of nowhere.
... to find so many oranges, 10 types of eggplants, 30 types of sticky rice in over 10 colours.
... to buy candles.
... to share my toilet and shower with a duck and a chicken.
... to eat such good cakes and home made yoghurt.
... to be SO cold in parts of it I need my thermals and earmuffs.
... to travel 7 hours sitting on a sack of rice.
... to discover that, as I'm able to count in Thai, I can also count in Laos.
... to return to sitting drinking rice wine with a group of Vietnamese.
... to do a cooking course Jamie Oliver has also been on.
... to find another 4 types of pick-up taxi.
... to find a restaurant serving fried cow dung.
... to discover the horrors of a secret bombing campaign conducted by the US.
... to adore the country and people so much I don't want to leave and am already trying to figure out when I can come back for more.