How many times can a cow moo in one night? It’s a lot more than you would expect, let me tell you! I barely slept a wink last night because our mama cow is in heat. After a few hours I starting counting her individual moos – they averaged one every four seconds!!! And, this cow is loud!! I thought I had heard it all after the monkeys outside my window in Dar es Salaam and the howling cats in Vientiane, but those noises don’t even compare to a cow who wants to have a baby! I guess another new thing I will learn in Laos is how to find this cow a boyfriend. Hopefully tonight will be quieter….

In other news, I now have a mailing address here! If you want to be pen-pals, you can send things to:

Global Association for People and the Environment (GAPE)
Attn: Clare Margason (Sai Nyai Eco-School)
P.O. Box 860
Pakse, Champasak, Lao PDR

Also, if you would like a postcard and haven’t received one in the past year, it is probably because I don’t have your address. Please email it if you want some mail!