After landing in Udon Thani and taking a one hour van ride to the Thai-Laos border, we quickly realized that it was easy to be a millionaire here. We exchanged approximately $160 and got over a million Lao kip.
We knew right away that Laos would be an interesting place. The tuk-tuks looked different and we were so happy to be in a country where they drive on the right side of the road again.
There were lots of fun things to try, like this cantaloupe shake (at least we think it was cantaloupe)…
…and this grass jelly drink that we tried. It was sweet and had chunks of grass jelly floating in it. It tasted pretty good actually.
In short, we are happy to be here. Check back again to find out how we spent our first couple of days in Vientiane.
Love,
Mindy and Ligeia :):)
ps. we also realized just after arriving that Ligeia’s list of countries visited has finally caught up to her age. 🙂
Anonymous
That is awesome. Don't forget them lizards. WUV WUV WUV
P.S. Ligeia congrats on visiting your 60th country.
WUV WUV WUV
Ligeia and Mindy
It's 39 countries thank you very much! Not 60 yet, but I'll get there one day. 😉
Anonymous
Ligeia, you must now travel slowly or you will age too fast. Just one country per year!
Thanks for sharing these new and interesting adventures.
Have fun! – love from Oma 🙂