Laos Border Crossing

We just had our most interesting border crossing yet. Earlier in Thailand, we handed over our passports and 1500 Thai Baht to a nice looking lady, and we were told she'll get us visas to visit Laos. It's a bit discomforting to not have your passport on you at all times.

I snapped this pic of the port as we left Chiang Khong, Thailand. Despite the lack of uniformed officials and plain old officialness, we were told not to take pictures of our border crossing. We walked down a wet sloppy road and stepped through the murky mighty Mekong River onto skinny ferry boats. A quick trip across the river brought us to Huay Xai, Laos. We were relieved to see our passports along with filled-in paperwork, including a poor imitation of our signatures. Thankfully, it worked, and we've been enjoying the friendly hospitality of the Lao people for a couple days now.