The Travel Addicts: 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

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.

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)

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.