First VISA run

In Laos, our VISAs expire every 30 days. Therefore, we soon needed to take a trip to the Thai/Lao border. We hopped onto the van and crossed the border on one side and again on the other. Two hours and 30$ later, we had accomplished our mission: we were proud owners of renewed VISAs. As a treat, we stopped at the magnificent Xieng Khouan Buddha Park for lunch on our way back to Ban Sikeud. The scenery of the different Buddha statues was an incredible sight.

Text and photos by T. Mayer

We hit the bus

At the Lao-Thailand border