We stayed with a family that had four daughters and a son. They seemed to have more money than the typical villagers we had met. This is a picture of their house. On the bottom level is a TV with some plastic couches and chairs and a kitchen. The family was very concerned about my knees, and they brought me more eucalyptus to put on them. We watched some TV with the family, while the youngest daughter made us some great Laos food. Apparently the youngest daughter in Laos families is responsible for all the cooking and cleaning. We were served rice, a couple of vegetable soups, bamboo salad, buffalo meat salad, dried beans and pineapple. After we were completely stuffed, we watched Laos MTV and a gambling show. Since I’m not easily entertained by American TV, I found it difficult to stay awake watching TV in another language.