All we were missing was a little Wagner

Katherine and I finally made use of our certificate for a 25 minute helicopter ride over Vientiane with Lao Westcoast Helicopters that we 'won' at the WIG Valentine's Day Party for a tidy sum.



Jon and Rose are leaving Laos soon to return to St. Paul to re-take up their careers as practicing doctors after two years abroad as teaching doctors and tsunami relief doctors, so we took them along to give them another perspective of Vientiane before they leave.


We were in a Eurocopter Squirrel, four seats in the back, two up front. One seat for the Aussie pilot, and one backseat for the Lao gov't minder that accompanies all flights. I threatened to throw a tantrum on the tarmac if I wasn't allowed the other front seat. We all wore cool headsets so we could chat.

Rose enjoying the view.