Lao Populaire Democratique Republique - LPDR
February 5th 2007 Having crossed the Mekong River from Chiang Khong I set foot in Indochina at Huay Xai. The first thing to get your head around was changing currency from Thai Baht to Lao Kip, which involved carrying large bundles of notes to do anything.
At the time of writing 10,000 Kip is about $1USD or 50 pence, and buys you a large bottle of Beer Lao!
Huay Xai was a nondescript border town. Everything was
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