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an Asia that you won't be reading about in the guide books...

The sun sets at the end of the North East line, Nong Khai. When the Friendship Bridge was planned and constructed the idea was for the line to continue onto Laos and indeed it does continue onto the middle of the bridge where, suspended above the Mekong, it stops, quietly rusting. One day, maybe, the Laos authorities may get their act together and complete the line, it's not as if it's costing them anything...

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Watching the sun set from the Thai side of the Mekong. Lazing on the southern bank here has got to be one of life's great moments and a highlight of a visit to Thailand.

People tend not to stay too long in Nong Khai however, using it as a place to enter or leave Laos, indeed I'm just as guilty. I've passed through here many a time over the years but probably overnighted no more than a couple of times...

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