hello from laos. well we just endured the longest bus journey ever to reach the border, a journet of about 60km that should have taken about 1/2 hours ended up at a bottom aching 5.... Anyway, we decided to try and make the border crossing before it closed at 5pm, so with seconds to spare (and a few extra baht paid) we made it into laos. After passing through passport control (someone's lounge) we ventured passed the duty free shops (someone's kitchen.....