One image that moves me to tears is to see so many people reading. The number of newspapers has exploded and judging by the pictures of Aung San Su Kyi on all of them, I figure censorship has been lifted. There are blocks and blocks where vendors set out their books for sale on the streets and I can see men, women, older people and children all looking them over. Most are used and under $2. It’s not like they’re interested because the most recent best seller is out, they must be interested because they’re in the habit of reading anything and feel starved if they don’t have enough. C’mon Laos.
