Looking Forward: But Why Laos?

A big weekend is coming up! Leilani will have her 5th birthday party and our tennis friends are putting on two farewell parties for us.

Many people have been asking us why we are relocating to Laos? That’s a fair question since we both have been living and working in big cities like Tokyo (Yumi), Hong Kong and Singapore for several years now.

Before we give you our answer, take a few minutes to follow this link and see what NBC Today Show, which is a very popular morning show in the US, has to say about Laos. The show was done on location just a few months ago.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24383713#24385604

Here are a few pictures from our own camera. The main “business district” skyline is four-story high!


Certainly, there will be no skyline, mega shopping malls, picturesque harbors, theme parks, etc as we had experienced in Hong Kong and Singapore.

We debated long and hard, and our answers always circled back to one simple theme. As long as Yumi and I are together, we can just well be anywhere. We know that Laos will give us more time with each other, and of course with our kids. There certainly will be less time spent in traffic, shopping malls and the likes!

There is a famous saying that “life is about the opportunity you take and the one you didn’t take.” For us, every opportunity not spent with each other is a lost one!