Watching the skies over Pakse

I took all these pictures on Friday. The top picture is along the Xedon River in Pakse. I took it on my morning walk around town.

After an eventful day of meetings, I joined my staff and Lao government staff who work at the hospital for snacks at a raft restaurant on the Mekong River. One of my staff had gotten sick during the week and needed an emergency appendectomy at this hospital, so I toasted the doctor who had done the surgery at 2 am on Thursday. The staff person took the plane back to Vientiane on Friday, so he could be with his family for his recovery. He also brought his appendix, in formaldehyde, back with him; it was an nasty looking appendix - but fortunately, had not ruptured.

We spent part of the evening wondering where the plane in the middle picture was going. I think it's the regular Vientiane to Phnom Penh flight, which takes off around 5:30 pm. And the other part of the evening watching the fisherman heading out for an evening's work on the Mekong.

This is a slightly late contribution to Skywatch Friday, which is hosted by Wiggers World