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today i woke up at four. we got on a bus and drove south for five hours. i spent the morning organizing a greeting from the bus using my mobile phone. they greeted us and it rained. we left and i unpacked. we had lunch and the group got a two hour tour of campus. we met the vice rector at two in the afternoon. the group was fitted for clothes from three to four thirty. i spent the time reserving tables in restaurants and finding 11 wiley bicycle taxis and arguing about prices. we drove in a long line through the city. it must have been at least fifty feet long. the head taxi took a wrong turn. we ended up changing our mind and buying fabric before supper. i ran to the restaurant and changed the reservations. we came to the restaurant. we ate and then were driven back to school. we listened to a lecture on agriculture and economic development in the mekong given by university staff. the lecture ended at 10.

that was the last 18 hours or so.