Where In The World Is Evan?

After somehow managing to get to Kunming in time for my international departure I arrived in Vientiane, the capital of the Laos PDR, a delirious and emotional mess. After changing some money at that airport I got a taxi into town and checked into the cheapest hostel in the Lonely Planet.

I’d been warned by several people that Vientiane was a boring place, but what I wasn’t prepared for was the crappiest capital city in the world. That’s not to say that Vientiane is polluted or crime riddled, but rather that there’s absolutely nothing at all to do or see.

When you walk around it seems as if not a single building in the city rises over three stories. Businesses open late and close early, with many also closing for a long lunch break. This makes the pace of life delightfully slow, however, it gets to be incredibly boring after a couple of days.

I’d not have stayed as long as I did, however, it took me five days of pot smoking and bed rest to recover from my sleep deprivation.

As soon as I felt up to travelling again I was on a bus, heading north, to Van Vieng…