Bangkok, Bangkok

yes, I'm in Bangkok for almost 10 days now. Recovering and acclimatization to the tropical climate again. But I'm ready to go now!! Next destination is Laos bordareing to Thailand in the North-East of the country. Laos is actually called Lao but the French colonizers added an "S" at the end of the name because....??? Well, they say for easyer spelling but probably rather to express their colonial status also in linguistic terms which was commom among colonizer and colonized at the time. However, Laos is supposed to be less touristy, more authentic, more backwards, poorer and more laid-back than Thailand. Though the cultural ties to the latter are supposed to be obvious everywhere. The country does not have a sea-cost but many rivers (e.g. the Mekong River) and lakes. So I'm curious for more adventure in the nature. Laos was also severly bombed by the Americans during the Vietnam war (more tons of bombs than then the entire amount of bombs thrown over Europe during WWII!! as the tourist-guide says!!))because the Vietkongs hided in the area to the Vietnam boarder. Tonight 7.00 pm. I'll catch the bus. I'm travelling with my latest companion Tomer, another Israeli (don't seem to get rid of them:-))) I don't know how cheap and easy to access an internet connection is over there so be prepared for only random contact to me and late update of my blog.
Bye.
Mischo.