This morning we farewelled terrific Thailand and drove to the border - along the way our tuk-tuk driver tried to take us to an agency to get our Laos visa, but we were not to be suckered in and made him take us straight to the border where a visa is available on arrival. The border was pretty efficient but involved a little bit of waiting as there were so many people crossing over into Laos. We wondered where everyone had come from as we hadn't seen that many tourists wandering around in the last few days.
While many people paid the 50 baht tuk-tuk fare to get a ride into town, we soon found a tuk-tuk bulging with friendly locals who told us to jump on and informed us of the correct price in Laos Kip. Even though this was much cheaper Adam had to spend the first half of the trip precariously half in half out of the back of the truck!
We got dropped off at the market in the middle of Vientiane, picked up some oranges and set off on foot to find a room. The second place we looked at seemed like a pretty good deal and we'd heard rumors that rooms fill up fast here so we didn't want to risk looking around for too long and then missing out.
We met a couple of travellers at the guesthouse who took us to a cheap place for lunch - these guys both came from China (one a Chinese guy, the other French but living in China) so we had fun talking about all our time there (and dreaming of when we get to go back).
After lunch we had a slow amble around town, trying to get our heads around yet another new currency, and icecreams in hand slowly made our way to the Mekong to gaze from Laos into Thailand instead of the other way around.
Here we watched for a few minutes as a lone fisherman worked his nets, and then popped into one of the many wats (temples) that line the roads. 
For dinner we had yet another amazing Lao feed, and were soon sitting down and chilling with some fellow travellers in front a movie - something we haven't done in a long time!
Adlibing it to Laos.
While many people paid the 50 baht tuk-tuk fare to get a ride into town, we soon found a tuk-tuk bulging with friendly locals who told us to jump on and informed us of the correct price in Laos Kip. Even though this was much cheaper Adam had to spend the first half of the trip precariously half in half out of the back of the truck!
We got dropped off at the market in the middle of Vientiane, picked up some oranges and set off on foot to find a room. The second place we looked at seemed like a pretty good deal and we'd heard rumors that rooms fill up fast here so we didn't want to risk looking around for too long and then missing out.
We met a couple of travellers at the guesthouse who took us to a cheap place for lunch - these guys both came from China (one a Chinese guy, the other French but living in China) so we had fun talking about all our time there (and dreaming of when we get to go back).
After lunch we had a slow amble around town, trying to get our heads around yet another new currency, and icecreams in hand slowly made our way to the Mekong to gaze from Laos into Thailand instead of the other way around.
Here we watched for a few minutes as a lone fisherman worked his nets, and then popped into one of the many wats (temples) that line the roads. For dinner we had yet another amazing Lao feed, and were soon sitting down and chilling with some fellow travellers in front a movie - something we haven't done in a long time!Adlibing it to Laos.
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