7200 km later: the finale
May 7th 2007 My last day in Lao was quite grueling. The road from Luang Namtha to Houey Xai is now mostly paved with numerous sections still actively under construction. It is a windy, hilly route that passes through primarily brush and small villages. It got progressively hotter as I gradually descended south out of the mountains of Lao back to the Mekong River that serves as the Lao/Thailand border at Ho
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