Vientiane, Laos

Welcome to Laos!

Brian at Buddha park near Vientiane.

Ashlei at Buddha park.

Ashlei , alligator

Vientiane riverfront...

Now onto our third language as well as currency we are now in the habit f taking off our shoes before entering anywhere, never really understanding anything that is said around us, being hot as well as overstimulated and always trying to figure out what comes next.

Well, "next" was the country of Laos and we began in the capital city of Vientiane. man, what a sleepy capital. We only stayed two days as we found it to be a bit uninspiring. Not to say it was without merit, and in its defense I think that we came at a really bad time: the entire river front (Mekong river) was under massive construction which made it not only inaccessible but rendered the city a big dust-ball. We found some solace in the Buddha park a little out of town. As you can see both Ashlei and I were almost devoured by various beasts and or deities. We survived and came out of it a bit stronger.

We headed north afterwards to the little mountain town of Vang Vieng. On the way we got what we wished for and shared a bus with a live animal - it was only a chicken, we were hoping for a goat or two, but there's time yet in Asia for that.