On Vientiane we shall be brief. We didn't do much here - partly because we were saving money, partly because we didn't travel around the city much, and mainly because we got a room with TV and settled in to watching the grand prix qualifying, GP race, and the England world cup qualifying game. Sometimes you've just got to have a break from things! What we did see of the city was nice. Again there was french influence - the city having it's own version of the Arc de Triomphe. The area we were in was running up to having it's snake boat races, this entailing game stalls, food stalls, dodgems, and very loud music. Everyone was in fine holiday form. The city is bigger than we expected and had it's 'up town', 'down town' and
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