Fullboy - Laos - Vientiane - From Korea with love x

We only had a short stopover in the capital city of Laos before we moved further south down the country. To be fair, a night is all we needed as the city didn't really excite us too much. We struggled to find cheap accommodation and ended up in a slightly more expensive place for the night complete with air conditioning, wireless internet and Cable TV, all rarities in Laos. We seemed to be located in the Chinatown district judging from the number of Chinese restaurants around us. Neither of us were in the mood to go traipsing around the city again so we would have been happy to settle for anything, but then something caught our eye, yes, definitely Korean writing.... a Korean restaurant!! The pair of us were so excited, neither of us realised how much we actually missed Korean food. We sat down and much to our delight they served Soju, the Korean national spirit. The place was run by Koreans, so attention to detail came as standard. We ordered a bibimbap which is rice mixed with vegetables and chilli sauce with a fried egg on top, and a kimchi chigae which is a spicy cabbage stew flavoured with belly pork and spring onions. Before we knew it we were inundated with lots of yummy side dishes including lotus root, tofu, spinach, radish and of course, kimchi. The bibimbap and kimchi stew were delicious and we almost felt homesick as we downed the last of our soju and left the restaurant.

The next evening we caught a night bus to Pakse in Southern Laos, an interesting journey in a bed on a bus made for two people!! Goodnight for now, next stop Pakse, the Bolaven Plateau and 4000 Islands!!