Chapter 13. Lemongrass Stains - Vientiane
July 10th 2007 It will take me three nights in Vientiane to figure out why I would want to spend even one. It is not that the Lao capital is necessarily a bad place, but I question what purpose it really serves. Dozens of travel agencies advertise over-the-road and aerial means of escape from Vientiane’s ordinary streets that lead nowhere special. Vientiane takes care of the hundreds of welcome encroachers w
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