Having left Australia, we spent two nights in Singapore and then moved into Thailand. After 10 ten days in the northern part (blog to follow), we made our way into Laos. Our first stop was the country's capital, Vientiane. What first struck us was the French connection and as soon as we got off the bus there were people offering us baguettes. They were short of having a string of onions around their neck. Formerly under French control, Laos has plenty of Gallic flair and is a lot more laid back than the two previous south east Asian countries we had encountered. With croissants and coffee for breakfast, baguettes for lunch and an abundance of French restaurants to choose from for dinner, it was difficult to keep with with our tradition of avoiding Western food. With
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