Huay Xai is the small town just on the other side of the Mekong from Thailand. Only 1 street of shops and 2 ports. Many homes along the water when you walk way to the right but we didnt head too far that direction. Like I said just a small tourist town where you catch your mode of transportation to the next place in Laos.
All the shops sold pretty much exactly the same things. Snacks and sandwiches. Everywhere you went they were offering to sell you sandwiches for the slow boat or the bus the next day. And they all had pretty much the same 10 to choose from. We chose one that a couple owned just as you come up from the border crossing. They had about 6 different signs saying "We have sandwiches for slow boat" and "we have sandwiches for Gibbon experience". All sorts of other clever ones as well. Plus they were really nice and funny.
Another thing all the shops sold was whiskey. They have lots of whiskey in Laos, special whiskey with snakes and scorpions inside the bottle. Yes reptile whiskey. The guy from the sandwich place gave us some to try and I didnt end up buying a bottle. Not saying im a whiskey expert but it was just super strong with no flavour. and then it had a horrible metallic aftertaste like the smell of being in a reptile house at the zoo. Not enjoyable at all.
That's about all there was to do in that town, just eat sandwiches and drink snake whiskey.
All the shops sold pretty much exactly the same things. Snacks and sandwiches. Everywhere you went they were offering to sell you sandwiches for the slow boat or the bus the next day. And they all had pretty much the same 10 to choose from. We chose one that a couple owned just as you come up from the border crossing. They had about 6 different signs saying "We have sandwiches for slow boat" and "we have sandwiches for Gibbon experience". All sorts of other clever ones as well. Plus they were really nice and funny.
Another thing all the shops sold was whiskey. They have lots of whiskey in Laos, special whiskey with snakes and scorpions inside the bottle. Yes reptile whiskey. The guy from the sandwich place gave us some to try and I didnt end up buying a bottle. Not saying im a whiskey expert but it was just super strong with no flavour. and then it had a horrible metallic aftertaste like the smell of being in a reptile house at the zoo. Not enjoyable at all.
That's about all there was to do in that town, just eat sandwiches and drink snake whiskey.
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