We'd booked to go back to the Vientiane today - but rather than go on the VIP bus again, we paid a little bit extra and travelled by mini-bus. It came to collect us nice and early and we were back in the capital for lunch. The bus dropped us off and we walked back round to the Saysouly Guest House, where we checked in for the night. After the journey South, we were both starving so we went straight out for lunch and had noodle soup in one of the restaurants next to the Mekong River... or puddle as it should be known at this time of year - it's so dried up!We spent the afternoon wandering around town, looking at loads of the old temples and also caught a tuk-tuk out to the Pha That Luang monument. It can be seen from miles away because it's a really bright gold colour and is really important to the people of Laos because, not only is it a sign of the Buddhist religion but also of Lao sovereignty. This evening, after consulting the Lonely Planet, we went out for a cracking Indian meal. It was really good food and was a bargain price - so we walked, well waddled, away extremely happy.
Mekong River... that isn't a river!
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