Laos So far we've sat by the Mekong with a Beer Lao in Luang Prabang, taken a bus ride to a giant waterfall and swum in the cool turquoise waters, watched a tiger pace around its cage while black bears siesta'd nearby, walked across rice fields to limestone caves filled with ancient looking Lao graffiti, rope-swung, card-played, eaten fresh spring rolls and walked up the mainstreet of Vang Vieng trying to find dinner that didn't come with obnoxiously loud repeats of Friends, Simpsons or the Family Guy... perused menus of happy pizzas, garlic bread, funny lassis and "O tea". In Luang Prabang the sun burned its way across the sky and shadows lengthened over the concrete chess table outside the guesthouse, over palm trees and the remains of a swimming pool filled with rusting 40 gallon
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