She mentioned that she likes someone else. Ouch!!! (I swear I’m gonna find cupid back in Luang Prabang and kick him for shooting an arrow straight to my heart.)

Anyway, it didn’t stop me though from enjoying the chat with her. She’s a great conversationalist and has a lot of interesting and sensible things to say. After dinner we went down the road hunting some cheap watering hole to drink some beer.

We continued chatting, laughing and I continued giggling like a high school kid (I’m such a loser sometimes). And then I saw a sign near the staircase, “No Entry, Private Party Only).

Oh wow! There’s a private party going on and it only means one thing. Free booze!!! So I asked her if she had ever crashed a party before. I couldn’t remember her answer though and we both decided to give it a try.

We went up and we found out that a local guy was celebrating his birthday. He was on a vacation from his study, something like that. So we asked who the birthday boy was and greeted him and then they said,” “Feel free to get some food and drinks.”

And so we did. I couldn’t remember how much I drank that night. It’s just hard to resist free booze you know.

And so the party ended.

Naaah! It’s far from over. They invited us to go to another bar. With almost no hesitation we boarded one of their cars and went to another club.

It looked like an expensive club and I felt a little nervous because I didn’t have money. But I thought that they’re going to pay for it anyway, so we went and partied.

After a while, the alcohol took its toll on me and I knew I was already drunk. I was trying to avoid the embarrassment that could happen so I decided to call it a night. She agreed and we both walked our way back, which we didn’t know where.

We were walking and running and laughing like crazy on the street of Vientiane. We didn’t have a clue of where we were so we decided to hail a tuktuk. And she said, “We’re friends right?”

I didn’t know what it meant. I thought that she meant thank you but I don’t want to see your giggling face anymore.

I was sad but then I thought its ok. Life goes on. And we only knew each other for a day anyway. But still the feeling sucks because I still want to hang around with her at least for one more day.

So we got off the tuktuk, and I walked her to the hotel door and said goodbye.

And then she said, “Hey, do you want to go for a walking tour tomorrow? I saw a walking tour map of Vientiane in my Lonely Planet.”

And then the hills went alive with the sound of music.