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STUCK IN LAOS

Posted by GavandJen | 16th February 2009

A couple of friends have commented that we have been quite quiet for a while but we have just been busy getting into Laos life!

We wrote about Champasak (a long time ago)
Well next came...

Pakse
Unfortunately Pakse wasn't the smooth ride through the land of bliss we had already come to expect.
When we were there in mid December they had a "little" event in the newly built sports stadium called the Champasak games.

It is basically the Laos version of the Olympics - I exaggerate not this is a BIG DEAL in Laos (Well in Pakse and maybe Champasak anyway).
The place was rammed....
After trying a few of the budget Gh's to be told each time "No room at Inn", We booked into the rather plush (and way over budget) aptly named Pakse Hotel.
"How long you want to stay?" they asked us.
"three maybe four nights" we replied
At this point the receptionist had to hold himself up on his desk to stop himself falling over with hilarity.
The next bit of the conversation summarised

Continued | South East Asia Gav and Jen stylie

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