Another day and night in the capitol city, though not exactly by choice... Not realizing that we arrived on a Saturday, the embassies are shut for the weekend, and we need to get our Vietnam visas here. Unfortunately you cannot just pick one up at the border, only from home, Bangkok, Vientiane, etc., so we find ourselves still here, in this monstrous city. Its been good to us though- while expensive for Laos (what?! $4 for a guesthouse??) and lacking the bountiful luxuries that Thailand spoiled us with (like abundant fruits and, well, knowledge of tourism), we passed the time nicely. By that I mean we woke up late, and spent most of the day riverside, reclining on Thai cushions and reading/ sketching. We did meander around town quite a bit, due to the confusion of
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