After 20 days in Don Det, I'll leave tomorrow for Pakse. I've just booked a $9 room, with AC! for ten days. Hotel owner is Vietnamese, and there are pho and banh mi joints nearby. There's an outside chance I'll return to Vietnam via Attapeu. My great uncle, Hoang Co Minh, had to commit suicide there in 1987.

Since I'm allowed to stay in Laos until May 22nd, I may also come back to Don Det, or go further north. If I go to Savannakhet, I can take a bus to Khe Sanh.