One of many geckos on the wall of our guesthouse in Lak Xao. We didn't see any rats in the rooms, but Julie and Doug saw a grilled rat for sale in the market. Viewed: 366 times.
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Sunrise over Lak Xao. We woke early for a one-hour drive to the Vietnam border. We were a bit late for the opening of the border-crossing, which was already swarming with locals shipping goods. It took an hour or so to process 10 people through 5 lineups (Laos departure, Vietnam passport control, health questionnaire, luggage xray and currency exchange). Viewed: 379 times.
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Our trip to Hanoi started along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, where they were building more roads through the mountains. Viewed: 376 times.
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The highway to Hanoi was continously urbanized. We stopped at a stretch of "Nem" stores where I bought a mysterious package of banana leaves. It turned out that each one was a sausage of pork and mung bean noodles. Viewed: 409 times.
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