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Mate - this is a bloody travel forum - not a court of law. Nice knowin' you!

Roadie - best of luck with the speech recognition software!!

NormC - you're all heart - or +something+!!

Roadking - NO Aussie banks have a reverse charge line from outside Australia - and worse - if you contact them, you strike the dreaded...

Pray!...

There is significant new road construction along this route, with all the clearing etc that always entails - but that'll largely recover....

One Laotian cynic we met suggested the annual rebuilding of so many Lao roads was necessary to maintain employment....

If all else fails - Laos has a sweet system where you simply pay a set fine per day for each day you spent in the country without a visa....

My experience, on a Saturday - just 4 weeks ago - a 'friendly' Immigration Officer in the Vietnamese Immigration Office on the Lao/Vietnam...

Avoid any flights on their MA60 - a Chinese turboprop made by Xian Aircraft Corporation, and refused registration by the FAA....

larsay - I know many places where the sea is clean - by virtue of the fact that the authorities prohibit the discharge of shit into the...

Be very careful about where you swim in Halong bay. the physical pollution of the water is unbelievable! Including large patches of what is...

Roads are far better in the South. Start in Pakse - easy travel to Bolivan Plateau, south to Cambodia - and lots to see and do too!...

Better than most western cities - well! Better than some - anyway!

I've been and gone from Vietnam since my last post. No problems, except for the disorganized VOA office in Hanoi - does no-one there know...