june 12 vientiane, laos well, i made it. i’m out of nasty/gnarly ‘nam. but not before i saw the national one ring russian-style circus the night before – with trained bears, dogs, monkeys, & elephants. i got the best seats…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 9, life in laos
june 15th luang prabang, laos life in laos? slower. gentler. more flow, fewer touts. touts = aggressive, vietnamese tourist hawker/scammer/solicitors. what’s flowing here? the mighty mekong, biensur. even vientiane, the lao (rhymes with wow!) capital, still seems a run down,…