As September came to an end, so did my time at the Tiger Temple. I wanted to stay long enough to witness one of the female tigers give birth, but my Thai visa had run out and I was racking up the fines for each day I overstayed. Just my luck, she ended up giving birth two days after I left, but I would be back to visit. I had about 3 weeks to travel until I had to be in Singapore so I decided to head up to Laos. My journey from the temple involved a scooter, a tuk tuk, a bus, another scooter, an overnight train, another tuk tuk, and finally a mini-bus. About 20 hours after leaving the temple, I was in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Laos is probably the most sleepy
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