A strangly calm asian capital city
October 25th 2006 After a 12 hour train ride, 2 hours at the border and another hour on the road or so we finally made it somewhere. Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world. I heard it was awesome here but I was kind of expecting the worst.
Right away it was evident that Laos had far less money than Thailand. Their roads aren't paved, most houses are unfinished etc etc. During the ride I was beginning
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