Today, we finally squeezed through the border in the nic of time after hours of waiting for the notoriusly tedious 'paperworks'! They finally arrived at 4pm and we began the arduous emmigration process which took over 1 hour. Through the border at 5.21pm gave us 9 minutes, just enough time to gun through no-mans-land over to the Laostian side, apply for our 2nd Laos visa in a month and finally into Laos just as the gates were closing at 5.30pm! See Video Below...
It was a real relief to get out of China and back into Laos, that we all loved the last time we were there. Laos people are so friendly and welcoming in contrast to the dry natured Chinese. We stopped for halfway to Luang Prabang for a welcome change of cuisine from the Chinese lucky dip back to the tasty Laos food.
We intended to reach Luang Prabang that evening but due to wrong turn which lead to a 2 hour de-tour in the wrong direction, we were forced to u-turn and stop halfway at the small town of Muang Xay (see map below) for a few hours sleep. We're not pointing any fingers here but the person in shotgun, (Rhys at that gievn time) assumes total responsibility of all directions. It may not be exclusively his fault but responsibility is implied through positioning in the car!
DAY 64 ROUTE MAP - MOHAN TO MAUNG XAY
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