Friday, October 6, 2000

Visa Run

Visa Run


04-Oct-00 thru 06-Oct-00


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We had to make a quick run up to Laos and back to Bangkok because our Thai visa's had run out - this is the journey back to Bangkok


Samolar : Laotian Tuk-Tuk (Auto Rickshaw) (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Samolar

Laotian Tuk-Tuk (Auto Rickshaw)


BeerLao brewery (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

BeerLao brewery


Roads in Laos are much emptier than they are in Thailand (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Roads in Laos are much emptier than they are in Thailand


It's gonna rain! (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

It's gonna rain!


 (Laos, The Travel Addicts)


Funeral procession (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Funeral procession


Live grasshoppers for sale : They make a yummy snack (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Live grasshoppers for sale

They make a yummy snack


Where you stop driving on the right and start on the left : Laotians drive on the right; Thais on the left.  I always wondered how the switchover happened. (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Where you stop driving on the right and start on the left

Laotians drive on the right; Thais on the left. I always wondered how the switchover happened.


Truckload of Teak heading south : Laos' teak forests are disapearing into the furniture and architecture of Thailand (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Truckload of Teak heading south

Laos' teak forests are disappearing into the furniture and architecture of Thailand


Across the Mekong into Laos from Nong Khai Thailand (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Across the Mekong into Laos from Nong Khai Thailand


 (Laos, The Travel Addicts)


Since the Dr. is at deer camp - I decided to grow a beard

Since the Dr. is at deer camp - I decided to grow a beard


Flower for Helen (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Flower for Helen


Baloon recipient Hells Angel (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Balloon recipient Hells Angel


Fun fair in Nong Khai (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Fun fair in Nong Khai


Thai/Lao train switch : The Thais extended the Singapore-Bangkok line all the way north to Vientiene.  There is a beutiful railway bridge over the Mekong and brand new station on the Lao side, but for some reason the train stops 100 yards from the border on the Thai side. (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Thai/Lao train switch

The Thais extended the Singapore-Bangkok line all the way north to Vientiane. There is a beautiful railway bridge over the Mekong and brand new station on the Lao side, but for some reason the train stops 100 yards from the border on the Thai side.


Train scale : Boy am I fat! (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Train scale

Boy am I fat!


Michael! Pay Attention!! (Laos, The Travel Addicts)

Michael! Pay Attention!!


Cool sheets in New Siam guest house (Thailand, The Travel Addicts)

Cool sheets in New Siam guest house


Bearded Michael (Thailand, The Travel Addicts)

Bearded Michael

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