Laos, Mekong Meanders
June 9th 2008 Our route into Laos was a potential recipe for disaster. We took an early afternoon flight from Chiang Mai to Udon Thani in Thailand, then a bus to Nong Khai on the Thai/Laos border, then another bus across the Friendship Bridge to the Laos border, and then a third bus to Vientiane. But all went surprisingly smoothly and we had checked into our guesthouse and were drinking our first Beerlao besi
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