Laos, or in other words: country #8, if you don't include our quick visits to Japan and Myanmar, is the most layed back capital city in the world. Just a fun fact I thought you might like to know. It's a beautiful city away from the beaches. A definite change for Jason and I, which we extremely enjoyed and tried to soak up in the few days we had there. Where do I start. Laos was definitely one of our favorite countries in Southeast Asia. It had the whole package; a warm climate, mountainous range, friendly locals, AMAZING FOOD, refreshing beer, souvenaire-packed markets, and ridiculous joint-achingly fun tubing (if thats a proper adverb to describe it). Jason and I planned ahead to store our huge rucksacks in our gusethouse in Bangkok while travelling through out Laos.
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