Nike: Before talking about Laos, i think its best to tell about the journey to Laos, the the frame of mind it put us in!! Hanoi to Laos, 20 hours overnight, air conditioned, dvd playing, comfy seat super bus!!!!!! Sounds great, it wasnt! It was 1 big lie!! The border crossing was a nightmare!!! No English signs, bribes needed to get back your passport, and constant pushing and shoving from a million vietnamese people at 7am isnt good, on the back of a night on an overcrowded bus, with people having to sit in the aisle, bags of rice everywhere, 24, yes 24 hours later we werent in the mood for a busy asian capital city, but Vientiane was no bangkok, or Hanoi, it was exactly what we needed. After finding some cheap digs, and
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