Couchfish Day 193: The lesser Tha Khaek Loop

Ahh it is great to be back in Laos, if even for a brief time—and even if in Tha Khaek. Of the southern Lao capitals, it it wasn’t for the The Khaek Loop, nobody, well, almost nobody, would get off the bus.

Aside from its Mekong–side setting, and a mountain backdrop, the town is bereft of sights. Even the mountains are best viewed from Thailand. That sai…