Today was our last day in Laos - and regrettably it's also the start of our journey homewards, as we have a few days of travelling ahead of us until we reach Bangkok.We had an early start, walked along the Mekong for a while and then into the city to Talat Sao (the Central Market) for a bit of shopping, then over to the neighbouring bus station to check out the bus times to Nong Khai, today's destination which is just over the border in Thailand.
We ended up catching the bus at 12:40pm, a pretty easy way to do the border crossing since the one bus takes you between the border checkpoints for each country, and then on to Nong Khai.
Our accommodation there was the penthouse suite at the Pantawee hotel. The suite included the whole rooftop area to ourselves, outdoor jacuzzi, a laptop to use as needed, a mobile phone to call for room service at any time day or night, a fully stocked minibar, outdoor and indoor dining area, lounge suite, and a huge widescreen TV and entertainment system ..... all for just $74!!
As we had a few hours left until dark, we visited the Sala Kaew Ku Sculpture Park, which was full of surreal, religious themed sculptures of various sizes. However they weren't your normal, serious religious sculptures, some were quite funny, and other just plain weird, such as the sculpture of the pack of dogs driving various vehicles chasing after an elephant!
Back to town for dinner and a walk along the Thai side of the Mekong, then back to the penthouse suite!
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