What a change Vientiane was!
The capital city has changed almost beyond recognition since we were here 6 years ago - then almost no cars at all. Now mercedes shoproom , traffic jams, traffic lights & cars everywhere!! However we were told by a bloke at a sauna at a temple in the forest that it was all chinese cars....
However its still a very small capital city & the Mekong festival was just beginning, sponsored by the French.
The lure of french cheese & red wine was too hard to resist after 3 months of NO cheese at all. Our cholesterol levels are now replenished!
So Boules & fromage on the bank of the Mekong, with views over to Thailand & sureal French/Lao farce. The local kids loved the funky chicken & golden shoed policeman & oversized flip flop children sketch - unfortunately it meant nothing to us!!!
The Buddha park seemed smaller than we remembered but was still as weird as ever & the Pataxuy, their Arc de Triomphe still as concrete as ever.
We accidentally gatecrashed a buddhist funeral, thinking it was a fireworks display & got invited to the wake!
Cycled around - still the best way to see the city, ate gorgeous baguettes, pomelos & local fish. Have we mentioned how good the food is in Laos??
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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