Hello from Vientiane! I am back from my rail travels and I am now sorting through my photos and notes that will end up in three different articles about rail travel in Laos. I plan to post those in the next month as I think that the sooner you can get here the better. It is a unique moment in time to be here with so few tourists, especially with the Laos-China border closed.

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