Into friendly Laos (Border region Vietnam-Laos)
November 10th 2008 (Day 220 on the road)I had read horror stories (robbed of all belongings at knife-point, left in the middle of nowhere etc) about the Vietnamese-Laos border crossing I was going to take at Cau Treo, but to say it up front, it luckily went pretty smooth. From Ninh Binh, I took a train (supposedly four hours, but it took a good six and a half) to Vinh, where I spent the night in a very seedy
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