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| Vientiane was a slow paced and beautiful city; extremely quiet for a capital. The French colonial era left behind croissants and good coffee (as well as a lot of other stuff). Vientiane bardzo spowolnione miasto, niesamowicie wyciszone jak na stolice. |
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| The National History Museum. |
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| Exhibition on the Secret War. |
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| A display cabinet full of confiscated drugs. |
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| The Victory Monument, AKA The Vertical Runway. America donated concrete to Laos to build an airstrip but instead they built a monument commemorating all the people killed during the war. Victory Monument- ku pamieci ludzi zamordowanych w latach wojennych, zbudowany za pieniadze darowane przez USA na zbudowanie pasa startowego. |
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| Views from the top. |
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| Outdoor gym by the river. Park rekreacji nad rzeka. |
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| King Chao Anouvong. |
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| The Presidential Palace. |
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| Most of the shops are built onto the front of peoples' houses, which makes shopping very interesting, but you feel pretty bad when they have to stop watching tv to serve you. Duzo sklepow znajduje sie w mieszkaniach. Czasem bylo glupio prosic o obslugie, podczas gdy cala rodzinka ogladala seriala. |
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| The domino king. |
We absolutely love Laos; it's a really peaceful and relaxing country. The favourite sport is boules and the local bars all have sandpits outside where the men play boules and drink and giggle (and gamble) all night long. The people are amazingly warm and friendly and although they try to charge you lots of money for everything you can't help but forgive them. We never felt 'scammed'; partly due to having just learnt about their turbulent history and its legacy but mainly because they are so honest and funny about haggling. We're in Cambodia now and are heading to the beach to get some of that cool sea air. Lots of love to everyone back home and thank you for all your comments, they are so lovely to read xxxx.
