Today we will be taking the fast boat to Luang Probang. When we purchased our tickets, the guy got a funny look on his face and said that he needed to tell us a few things first. From the look on his face, we thought he was going to try to talk us out of going on the fast boat. He told us that the ride would be very fast and bumpy, and we would need to wear helmets with a shield to protect us. He assured us that we would be safe since there haven’t been any accidents this year, and there was only one accident last year. Apparently last year a boat flipped over because it hit a rock, but the ticket guy assured us that everyone was okay, and it only flipped because it was dry season and a rock was sticking out of the water. He assured us again that everything would be okay because we were taking the boat during the rainy season and the water level in the Mekong River will be high.