After Angkor Wat, we took a flight from Phnom Penh to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Vientiane’s a sleepy city spread along the banks of the Mekong river. Not much happens there. And that was a nice reprieve from the din of Phnom Penh and the overwhelming sensory onslaught of Siem Reap.
We spent our afternoons (and evenings) sipping the excellent local brew, Beer Lao, and watching the city go by. And that’s about it. Three days of not much of anything. It was perfect. The only major sight-seeing excursion we took was to the quirky Lao Revolutionary Museum. It contains a look at the history of the country, but sadly, the whole building–including the exhibits, most of which are dusty and crumbling–is in a state of advanced disrepair.