City on the banks of the Mekong River
December 23rd 2014 In October 2009 we took the overnight bus from Bangkok to Vientiane, the sleepy capital of Lao PDR, People's Democratic Republic. I was not overly excited as I knew it was a Communist state. However, much to my pleasant surprise I found the country and people to be very agreeable.
On the evening of our departure we went to the office of my usual travel agent to wait for transport to the bus sta
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