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Hua Xai
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Second time that we have crossed the Mekong river into Laos at this point; spent 4 nights at BAP guesthouse; nice place but the rudest staff imaginable. All mark's gear got wet during the sangthaew journey; but nice big area to dry it out. Clare ate some dodgy rice on our first afternoon and was struck down by the nastiest 24 hour bug imaginable..won't go into detail. As a result, just hung around for a few days, getting strength back... Had a few little walks around town, met a few people (Bridgette from Switzerland, a dude called Kurt from Melbourne who was very familiar and Chris from Germany)....food was pretty disappointing after Thailand; baguettes are excellent, but mark had a very questionable pho (noodle soup) which was brewed from pig guts and other assorted pieces of offal (not that mark is averse to offal, just wasn't a tasty soup). Got a public bus ticket for Luang Nam Tha by ourselves (no way we were buying one of Mrs BAP at double the price!!!). Bit worried about the road, lots of rain everyday, unpaved, through the mountains..... met a few people who had come the other way and taken more than 12 hours (for a little under 300kms). Good skewer place across the street; chicken and sticky rice was a highlight..fairly ready to leave as soon as Clare was good to go...
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