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| Le photo ne revele pas la vue pittoresque |
We must be the only tourists to stay a night in Khe Sanh without visiting the famous military base and war museum. But after yesterday's climb, we couldn't face the thought of another 2.7km uphill to get there, and we didn't have enough Vietnamese money left to pay anyone to take us up. The allure of the descent was too much and we decided to head directly towards Laos. It was spectacular, 18km of amazing views and the perfect way to end our time in Vietnam.
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| At least they corrected it afterwards |
We arrived at the Laos border and had to wait a while to get our visa, the office was empty and locked and the staff in the office next door had to call the employee (presumably to wake him up). Half an hour later we were off into Laos. There was immediately a stark contrast to Vietnam. For a start, there was hardly any traffic and whenever a car/scooter/lorry overtook us, it didn't try to deafen us with its horn. There were a lot less people, much fewer villages en route and the houses were nearly all made out of wood, often on stilts. Apart from the rare traces of civilisation, the landscape was seemingly untouched and breathtakingly beautiful.
We rode for another 45km in the staggering heat until we came to the town of Xepon, where we chose a guesthouse. The town itself seemed to consist mainly of a large market and there was no hint of an internet connection to be had. We bought some bacon kebabs and some weird pancakes with egg and condensed milk. It was a good start.
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