Since we really haven't been keeping up with the blog, I haven't been able to post my "country impressions post" while we were in Laos. I'm going to try and go back in the past and remember what I found interresting about being in this beautiful country. And then I'll have to do the same about Vietnam because we're now in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
So here we go.
1- The cars drive on the same side as back home. It was a complete switch once we crossed the border. I was looking the wrong way when crossing the streets and looking for the driver in the wrong seat all over again. Very weird.
2- They have a huge French influence in their cuisine. The street food was switched from Asian foods to French Baguettes and La Vache Qui Rit cheese.
3- Again, everyone seems to own a truck or moped.
4- The young girls are very cute but they don't seem to age very well (as Trish explained in her last post).
5- There's a super good cafe called Joma in both Luang Prabang and Vientiane owned by a Canadian couple that we couldn't get enough of.
6- Traditional Laos food has tons of garlic and coriander.
7- Beerlaos is a very good and very cheap beer!
8- We found Laos to be much more developed than we expected (at least the two cities that we saw - most of the country is rural so that's probably not the case in most of Laos)
9- Renting a $4 motorbike for the day guarantees you a good time!
That's about all I can remember for now!
Marc
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