The hill in the middle of town is known as Phu Si and at the top is the temple That Chomsi. In the hot mid-day sun, it was only me and a couple of monks.
In most of Southeast Asia, monks are reverred and meant to be left alone so you might imagine my surprise when one of the monks approached and addressed me in extremely good English.
His name was Cao and a novice in one of the local temples. I was expecting Novice Cao to pose the typical questions of someone practicing their English: "What is your name? Where are you from? Do you like Laos? " Rather, he took one look at my iPod and asked, "What kind of music do you like?" followed by "Can I listen?" Which is how I got this awesome photo of a novice monk in Laos listening to my iPod! KILLER! Do you think I can sell my story to Apple?
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