After a full day driving from VTE south, they stayed in boutique accommodation in the coffee growing area. The Sinouk Resort is a little oasis in the middle of dusty roads and paddy fields.
Although he did make comment on the size of the bathrooms – you could touch all the walls while standing in one spot
There were more visits to provincial and district health operations. People were all passionate about what they were doing, but they had few resources. Electrical wires had been strung from the village houses to the clinic to power the refrigerator that housed the medicines, but power outages were common.
Health centre facilities were basic. If you look at the picture below you can see daylight seeping through the large gaps in the walls. Not that that was an issue - there were no windows anyway
On the plus side: travelling with the Bank means a higher standard of accommodation and food – he had boutique resorts, high rise multi-star hotels in Pakse, and a great French restaurant in Pakse. When I travelled with project staff (trying to keep the most of their per diem allowances they didn't want to splash out on anything) we stayed in basic accommodation and never visited a French restaurant (and the baguette stall for breakfast does not count as a French restaurant!)
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