Being stupid in Soviet Asia

Lao PDR (People's Democratic Republic) is one the five remaining communist countries in the world. It's also one of the countries included on a popular Southeast Asian backpacking route. Thailand is famous for its' beautiful islands and spicy food, Cambodia has Angkor Wat and everybody knows Vietnam because of the war. Laos is famous for nothing. It's like a lucky hangaround getting some attention left over from its' neighbors. One of my most bizarre travels by far happened in this mysterious country. And like so many times before, I ended up in some weird and unforeseen situations.