Splendid Isolation

Sometimes the mundane tells you a lot. There I sit in splendid isolation sipping my Lao Beer. Just a few weeks ago this was was the most popular convenience store in Takhmau. I'd have been lucky to get a seat most hours of the day or night. Even if I found a seat I'd have been surrounded by noodle-slurping, smartphone-wielding, game-playing youngsters. 

Now they're all gone.