Day 71, 58km: by Chris

This morning Amy stocked up on steamed buns (the closest thing china does to bread) and fried dough balls. However, I had food anxiety about the prospect of what we might find to eat in Laos so went back and bought double the insufficient quantities Amy had returned with. It didn't take long to reach the border where we changed thousands of Chinese yen to millions of Laos kip via street traders who tried their best to confuse us with the decimal place.

 Leaving China  

                           

Entering Laos:

The borders were time consuming but posed no problems and we set off down slippy wet Laos roads dotted with homes of woven bamboo and straw roofs. Children came running out of the villages towards us, shouting, excited and curious. Amy was swamped outside a school.  

 Unfortunately during lunch we enjoyed our egg and tomato steamed bun sandwiches too much and ate most of our supplies. This concerned me greatly. Amy seems more worried about the prospect of camping on top of unexploded ordinance dropped on Laos during the Vietnam war. Further worries about camping in the jungle developed with the sight of insect road kill, which in Laos can legitimately be described as carcasses. I think I will be checking my shoes before putting them on in the future.