Vientiane is the capital of Laos and we stayed there with another friend we had met in China. Chris is English, but lives here in Laos, mainly because he loves the people so much. He has got the art of doing nothing down to perfection! We, however, had lots to see so we hired a bike and tootled around looking at the various sites. We hooked up with Earl and Joy too since they hadn't gone to Vietnam and were now doing the same route as us. One afternoon we spent at Buddha Park where tonnes of stone Buddha statues in various positions - lying down, sitting down, standing up, with lots of arms, heads, snakes etc etc. Bit scary really. There were also some vicious looking stone figures that looked ready to gobble you up. This was almost true... we climbed into the mouth of one into the dark depths of a big odd ball shaped thing. We climbed up roughly carved steps to the top for great views over the whole mish-mash of statues. We also cruised past the BeerLao factory, but unfortunately it was closed on Sunday's. * Mush
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