While walking past the Wat Si Don Chai temple we saw the monks lighting up sky lanterns. They spotted us looking on and we were invited over to help light and send them off into the sky.

Pha That Luang ('Great Stupa') is a gold-covered large Buddhist stupa in the center of Vientiane, Laos

After a long cycling day, we crashed out on our hotel bed while listening to the "sweet sounds' of the neighboring karoake bar.