Hello from Laos! We are presently in Luang Prabang and about to spend two days on the Mekong in a slow boat heading for the border with northern Thailand. Laos has definitely been a change of pace for us. This started with our epic bus ride from Hanoi into the capital of Laos, Vientiane. This was a ride of stages, including a motocycle to a taxi pick up point, and a taxi (playing blaring dance music) to the bus station. In the taxi we also had our first "real traffic accident" since arriving (not counting a minibus running over a dog, watching a guy chased by the cops skid off his scooter, or other guys on the highway fall off their scooters...). Was very minor - with a bus reversing slowly into our taxi, where the
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