The mighty Mekong River
February 4th 2008 From Chiang Mai we made our way to the border crossing to Laos. We were kind of ripped off on our pre-booked 'border crossing' package - it was just a guest house that took a service fee on the visa. It was obvious that they hadn't cleaned the rooms or sheets in a while...
The next day getting the visa was chaotic as Huay Xai is not well equipped to handle the volume of travellers it is get
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