Setting birds free - a great way to celebrate a birthday
July 23, 2008
Usually when I travel I try my hardest not to be a tourist.
On my recent trip to Lao I celebrated my birthday by doing a tour on a long-boat up the Mekong from the quaint little town of Luang Prabang to the disappointingly ordinary Pak-au Caves to see ………… statues of buddhas in caves.
Enter the children with tiny birds in cages
I do not usually fall for the tourist trick - but these kids were only asking $1 USD per bird and I figured - "what the hell - I’m a heartless cow if I can’t spend $2 USD and release two birds to freedom and make two kids happy - on my birthday."
I could do with a little luck - and double that!
Think back to a few years ago when Richard Geer was suckered into putting an undefined number of birds on his VisaCard in order to help a little Indian girl send her brother off to school with (now) HEAPS of luck.
These kids didn’t take plastic - only crisp US Dollars.
Happy Birthday to me
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