Laos and Vietnam
September 25th 2008 I travel North again from Bangkok, and headto Chiang Kong, take a long-tail boat boat across the Mekong and I'm in Laos! I spend one night on Houay Sai, a sleepy little village on the banks of the Mekong, and sample my first Beer Lao. It's not bad. It's noticably more humid in Laos than Thailand.
I board a riverboat for a two day cruise down the Mekong, the scenery is tropical jungle and the ri
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