Bangkok was great, a pleasant respite from the quiet life here in Vientiane. Pleasant in some ways but ghastly in others - the public buses; sure, comfortable, but with the open windows letting in the exhaust fumes of thousands and thousands of vehicles in one journey... Can't be a good thing when you get off a bus and your tongue feels furry and your lips numb and you feel a distinct nausea just because you had to get from point A to point B. I was keen to get to a cinema - because, of course, Vientiane's cinemas died a quick death 10 or so years ago. The markets here are saturated with illegal Chinese DVD's and VCD's, but watching a movie in a cinema - there's nothing like it. It felt great to relax back
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