Farewell to the land of smiles…

 Current Location: Chiang Khong, Thailand

So today is the day I cross the border to Laos!  Hooray!  I am super excited about this as I’ve never been to Laos before and I haven’t heard one traveler say a bad thing about the place.  Besides that, I think that land border crossing are always a bit exciting for us ‘island’ dwellers.  Unlike our European friends we can’t just trip on over whenever we please so there is definitely an element of novelty to it.