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today's adventure was to Vientiane, the capital of Laos!
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probably the capital city with the most temples per square feet???
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we went to the oldest, wat si saket, which survived multiple invasions and has something like 7000 buddha statues 
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and then we crossed the road to ho pra keo, which used to have an emerald buddha, although its now in thailand
and then we crossed the road to ho pra keo, which used to have an emerald buddha, although its now in thailand
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then we crossed town to that luong, where there is a reclining buddha 
and one of the trees of the type buddha sat under 
and one of the trees of the type buddha sat under 
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there is also a statue of the guy who built the stupa out front 
and a new and massive temple for important dignitary types 
and a new and massive temple for important dignitary types 
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it's also host to a yearly festival - which starts next week! the dancers were practicing when we got there 
and there were replica old-style lao houses being built on site 
and there were replica old-style lao houses being built on site 
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after that we dropped by the lao arc de triomph - which the locals call a vertical runway, as it was built with concrete that was supposed to be used to build a runway!
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the official name is patuxai and you can climb up the inside to look out. it was never finished due to lack of funds
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I had the oddest coffee at a local cafe 
- peppermint, apparently!
- peppermint, apparently!
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and watched the sun go down on the mekong before heading to the night market 
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decided to walk to khop chai deu, which is reportedly one of the top 10 restaurants in vientiane 
but alas could not finish dinner
but alas could not finish dinner
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very tasty tho
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also there is a pokestop LITERALLY outside my hotel
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which is very nice and maybe 5min walk from the night market lol
which is very nice and maybe 5min walk from the night market lol
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Thank you for sharing so much of your trip! I feel like I’ve seen so much I probably won’t get to see myself 
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^^ I am glad you are enjoying it!
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and never say never XD laos is cheap!
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