Aia ʻoe ma Don Det he mea maikaʻi kēlā e hana ai i ke ahiahi. I ke kakahiaka e hoʻolimalima i kaʻa kaʻa a ʻimi iā Don Det a me Don Khon. I ke ahiahi hoʻomaha i ka paipu. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohālikelike i ka paipu ma Don Det me ka paipu ma Vang Vieng. Ua mālie ka muliwai a ʻaʻohe kaola kokoke i ke ala. ʻO nā kumukūʻai no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kahi paipu he 10.000. (ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e uku i kahi waihona.)
Aia ka hoʻomaka ma ke kahakai, ʻo ke kahakai hoʻokahi kahi i hoʻokuʻu ai ka waʻa iā ʻoe e kipa aku i ka mokupuni. E lana ana ʻoe ma ka muliwai ma ka ʻākau. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻike ʻoe i kahi lāʻau nui ma ka hema. He kowali ko keia laau i hiki ai ke kowali a pau i ka wai. Ma hope o kēlā, ʻo ke ala maʻalahi o ka paipu ʻo ka mālama pono. Aia ka "hope" o ka paipu ma ke alahaka kahiko. ʻAʻole ia he alahaka hou akā e ʻike ʻoe iaʻu ma ka ʻākau. (paʻa kaʻa nui.)
Ke pāʻani nei nā keiki i ka wai ma ke alahaka kahiko, e nīnau paha lākou iā ʻoe i kāu paipu. E hoʻomaha a hāʻawi iā lākou i kāu paipu no 15 mau minuke a e hana ʻoe i ko lākou lā.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pahupaʻikiʻi, e ʻike pono e lana ana ka pahupaʻikiʻi a i ʻole ke kāʻei ʻia ma kekahi mea. Ua ʻike au ma Vang Vieng a me Don Det ua nalowale ka poʻe i kā lākou pahupaʻikiʻi i ko lākou hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
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