Return to Thailand

I am once again in lovely Thailand after a long night on the bus from Vientiane. Now I am sitting in a coffee shop in the bus terminal of Ubon Petchathani waiting for my friend Sang to come meet me. His village is about an hour away. I plan to spend a couple or 3 days with him on the rice farm before heading to Bangkok. I wish that I had shopped for the children in his family but I do not actually know their ages and it is kind of hard to buy anything unknowing. I am really excited about an honest to goodness home stay here in Thailand.