I forget to mention that my one recommendation in Laos is not to eat the fish. We stayed in the town of Vang Vieng about a week ago and thought that it would be great to eat some fish as there are so many great rivers here, it sounded nice and tasted alright but I paid for it. 3 days and about 12 rolls of toilet paper later I got over the fish. The diarrhea was intensely bad, the worst I have ever experienced. 3 days of killer stomach pains and sitting on the big white throne. not good. I am glad i got over it in three days as on the fourth day I had a 6 hours bus trip on the Lao roads which are pretty hairy. I didn't really realize when we came
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