i have finally arrived back in thailand, from pakxe in laos, this morning. about to take a 12 hour overnight train from here in the city of ubon ratchathani, in north east thailand, to bangkok. i went straight to the station to book the ticket when i arrived here. they only had 1ST CLASS AIR CON SLEEPER left, which is still only about 14 GB pounds, so just had to take that! spent 5 days in southern laos, id been to the north twice before, but never to the south, so it was somewhere new. savannakhet was extremely laid back, spent 2 nights there. no much to do apart from wander around. lao people are very friendly, will say hello to you in the street and, unlike certain other countries, it is not a pre
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