Squeeling piggies to get to the Capital

We made our way to Tha Khaek, where there are meant to be some caves that are worth seeing but this meant that we had to get a local bus. We thought we would be ok to say we have travelled India, which has the worst buses ever. The travel wasn't too bad as we got seats but the bus kept stopping, either to pick up passengers or pigs- Yes Pigs!. They would take them from the van and put them in bags squeeling,fastened to the roofs along with motorbikes and luggage. We got there really late in the evening and stayed in a motel at the bus station. It looked really dodgy with loads of prostitutes hanging around trying to get some work. We stayed in prob the most ghetto room on our trip but we were only there for one night and it were cheap so it did for us. The next morning, we made our way to a guesthouse that spoke English and foundut that we need 2 days to get there and back and we wanted to do it in one day so we can get our visa for Thailand. Me and Danny walked down the street to rent a motorbike whilst Vince was licking his wounds from his motorbike. We decided againts it in the end because it was too much hard work so we got another local bus to Vientienne.

The bus journey to Vientienne was a lot quicker then we thought but we had to endure the ride sitting on plastic stools in the aisle of the bus. Vientienne is probably the best capital that we have visitied in terms of how clean it was and how quiet it was for a capital in the are we were staying. Our main objective was to get our visa for Thailand, which we did on Friday morning. They told us to pick up the passports on Monday, which meant we had to stay extra days in the capital, which was slighly expensive but we didn't have much choice. This gave us a good chance to catch up on the blog so you folks can share our adventure.

We did some sightseeing on the Sunday by hiring some uncomfortable bikes and cycling to Putoxia, which looke like Char minar in India but uglier. There was no real purpose of it being there so it didn't interest us much, so we moved onto Pha That Lung, which is Laos national monument. It was gold and that's probably the most interesting thing about it but I suppose if your into Laos, then it would be cool. Danny carried on cycling to see the Buddha caves, as I was in pain from the run the night before. It had a huge buddha laying on it's side. If you've ever played street fighter on Sagat's stage, you will knwo the resemblance between the buddha that Danny saw and the one in the game.

On Monday afternoon, we picked up our passports pretty swiftly, as we came a little earlier to que up, got a tuk tuk , and then got a bus to Vang Vieng-our nest destination.

Vientiene Photo Link:

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