Our stay in Vientiane consisted of arriving, dropping off our laundry, veggie Indian food, sleeping, waking up, napping, reading, napping, back to the same veggie Indian place, picking up our laundry, sleeping, and leaving. The funny part is I'm pretty sure we did manage to see everything worth seeing in town. I now understand what they mean by "charmless". Oh, and we saw Bourne Ultimatum on HBO. Twice.
I suppose the highlight of the trip was our ride to town, which was four hours on the back of a pickup. Way cheaper than a bus, and who needs AC when you're being rained on, anyway?
Today we flew into Siem Reap, Cambodia, right on the doorstep of Angkor Wat. We're heading there for a "free" sunset at the temple (by free they mean the $40 entrance fee for three days doesn't start counting until morning) in a bit. Our faces are set to stunned. We're here for a few more days to see more temples, but we were sad to learn today that the famous temple sweeper in the jungle has retired. Sad for us. We'll let you know how it all goes.
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Too bad. We really like Vientiane. Try going to some of the more out of the way temples at Angkor. They are less crowded.
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