Couchfish Day 192: Border towns

Some days are travel days, and today is such a day. I’m heading to Thailand by way of Laos, breaking the journey at the Lao riverside town of Tha Khaek.

The trip is roughly 500 km in length and absolute best case I’m looking at around 30 hours on four wheels. The route takes me by van from Hội An to Da Nang, connecting to an international bus service wh…