Laos Shops open at 7 am, and shop keepers have a soupy noodle lunch at 10:30. Dinner at 7:30, off to bed early! Even the roosters crow much earlier than they do in other places I think. And almost each restaurant or hotel has a pet dog or cat. Friendly people - Laotians, shy. SabaiDee… is in itself such a languorous greeting, not like an abrupt, impersonal ‘hi’. And the ladies too dance so languourously, … like watching a slow motion movie. 7 million people, big rivers and mountains, a few big cities, many small villages, employment problems, friendly Vietnam on one side, and a love-hate relationship with Thailand on the other .. its a strange country, Laos. We flew into Vientiane, the capital, which sounds French, but has more of a Chinese origin. From there
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