Woke up pretty late as planned, then spent the morning having breakfast at a shop along the river consisting of a shrimp and fried rice deal. Sitting along the river is peaceful enough to take up a lot of time sitting, now and then reaching or my guide book to read over some things and help plan for the next day. Absolutely doing nothing more than that today and that's exactly the plan. Possibly going the post office as I heard they might have an oversea's calling place and might be worth a shot. Maybe i'll do so more bird watching along the river like I did for a little bit yesterday... Watching a nest being made by making hundreds of trips back and forth one or two sticks at a time is quite amazing to see.

      Getting ready for the long 6 hour bus ride to Nong khai in the morning. Decided that even though I've wanted to head into Laos since Muk, I'm going to head back for the festival and get some things I need there two. It hasn't even been a month so there's really no excuse to leave Thailand yet. So river kwai festival it is after Nong khai....