Next up: the capital of Laos. It didn't feel like a capital, though. More like a medium sized very cosy city. Especially the areas close to the river.
Here we visited two of the biggest sights in Vientiane: the Patuxai (their local Arc de Triomphe) and the golden stupa Pha That Luang. A picture of this stupa can be seen on every bill of the local currency: kip.
In the evenings people gathered around the river. There was a night market, good food and also aerobics class you could join for free! We didn't join the aerobics but enjoyed a nice hot pot instead.
Between the city and the river there was a small island of sand that you could walk to now during the dry season. On the other side of the river is Thailand.
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