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Hey folks,


We've left Vang Vieng, and are in Vientiane getting a visa for Vietnam, where we're headed as soon as we can, to a town called Vinh.

Ok, so we're actually headed for a place called Hoi An, on the coast, but Vinh is where you head after you cross the border, cos it's on the train line.


Quite glad to be shot of Vang Vieng (again). I bumped into two people there that had been there the last time I passed through. They'd already been there for 3 weeks back then, and swore to me they planned to leave the same day I was leaving. I got back this time, and they hadn't left yet. Which is a month after I left. They both swore blind to me that they were leaving today, but I get a definite sense of deja vu...

Anyhow, we've decided to forgo the very south of Laos, because we want to push on through to Vietnam and then Cambodia, which will give us an extra week or so in Malaysia in a month or two, once we get down there. Anyhow, Hoi An is supposed to be an ace place, so looking forward to that. Vientiane itself (where I am now - the capital of Laos) is nothing special to be honest, but we can get a Vietnamese visa here then move on as soon as possible.

Spent most of today on the most crowded local bus you've ever seen. The conductor wasn't able to shut the doors at one point cos there were too many people on the stairwell, and the roof was jam-packed. Genius!


All for now,

Will.
Vientiane, Laos