November 10/11 Plain of Jars We had an long drive to Phonsavan and the Plain of Jars. It took most of a day of slow driving through the mountains to get to the plains around Phonsavan. Most of the drive was like this: twisting road, turn every 1-200 feet, grind up to the top of a mountain/ridge, hoping that you were not behind a truck so you were going slower than the normal 20 km per hour, pass through a village with small houses on each side of the road, do not run over children, cows, dogs or chickens, go down hill at slightly faster speed, see a few very small fields when you get to the bottom of the valley and pass through a couple of villages. Hope the driver dodges the axle swallowing potholes.
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