Languid, lazy, Lao
April 13th 2009 It took us three days to get from Sapa in Vietnam to Luang Prabang in Lao. First we took a bus to Dien Bien Phu where we spent a night. Then we took another bus loaded with sacks of rice, potatoes, locals and 8 of us foreigners (on top of all the sacks) to the border where we sat for 7 hours. There was a dispute over the amount of tarriffs due for all the goods being transferred and who was goi
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