Ah, Laos..

We have left China, and entered Laos, lovely! I was tired of China, and it feels good with some change here!
We left Kunming, Yunnan on Saturday, 19th, and arrived here in Luang Prabang yesterday, Sunday the 20th. It doesn't sound to bad, but we spend over 28 hours on the same bus, which was kind of exhausting.. But it was still a good trip, we saw the chinese border open on Sunday morning, it was quite a shw with soldiers and so on, hoisting flag and marching and running a little bit.. Funny:) And we had no problems crossing the border, luckily we had already fixed visa and so on, so we just smiled and they stamped our passports and on we went.. Only problem was the customs on the Lao side, not for us, but they stopped the bus and loked through everything, and even then we weren't alloud to continue, so we waited at the customs for about 6 hours, no reason.. Boring!
At last we were allowed to drive on, and on the Lao side the scenery changed:) We saw a lot of small villages with tiny huts made of bamboo and giant mountains and small ricefields and so on. It was absolutely beautiful!
And then we arrived in Luang Prabang last night, found a quiet nice guesthouse and some food:)
Today we had baguettes with real butter and mustard and vegetables and cheese and chicken for breakfast, Laos is a former colony of France, so the food here is absolutely lovable! Can't wait to try the coffee, or the french restaurants! Time for lunch everyone!
And now, we're only 5 hours before Norway in time, South East Asia is not on the same time as China. :) Details, but still..
And tonight our friend Ayumi from Japan is coming to Luang Prabang, we really can't wait!! So looking forward to see you again Ayumi!!!;)
Hihihi!
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