Vientiane- Laos' capital

After very long 24 hours on the bus we finally arrived to Vientiane, Laos' capital. Our firs impression was: Is that Asia????????? The thing is that Vientiane is a city extremely quiet in comparison with all the places that we have visited before in Asia. There is no traffic jams or crowds of people on the streets. But something very curios is that the very few cars running along the roads are 4 wheel driver ones and very very new!! Vientiane's three main streets are paralel to the Mekong river and offer a very nice and quiet walk through the city. We visited its temples (called wats), the museum of history and the Triomph arc (Patuxai). This arc and Vientiane's arquitecture show the French influence on the city. This fist stop in the capital of Laos has showed us the peace and tranquility of its people. Honestly, in Laos people is veryyyyyyyyyyyy quiet! The majority of Laos people is budhist. The vast majority of the boys choose to join the monastery for their studies. After 3 years there, they can choose if continuing there and become a monk or just leave the temple. We leave now Vientiane to go to the north of Laos, Luang Prabang. See you later!!

We'll be adding pictures soon :-)