Vieng Thong, Lao Peoples Dem Rep

... something painted by Monet, with the mountains only appearing as vague shapes in a purple haze, we eventually arrived in Vieng Thong, a village so lacking in appeal that people take a jug of lao lao (rice whiskey) with breakfast. It's ...

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... of Germany. I think they really put our tax money to good use here (otherwise I could still be sitting in this village). Vieng Thong had a few more facilities, a guest house, one restaurant and even a shed selling TV sets. Only the electricity didn't ...

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