I made it to Lao! And everything actually went very smoothly. I got off my bus, took a tuk tuk to the water (where I met some awesome Brits who had recently been to India, go figure), got a stamp at a hut for leaving Thailand, walked down to the water an paid 40B for a boat to take me across then walked up to another hut, filled out two forms, paid around 1500B and got my Lao visa! Then I literally turned around and exchanged my Thai baht for Lao Kip and was on my way. I like this country already! It's definitely poorer than Thailand but the people (locals an tourists alike) are already nicer. The only downside is it's hard to find free wifi and the signals you get suck, but hey I'm traveling right? Tomorrow I'm off on the Gibbon Experience and will back on the 5th so I'll try to update then. Below is a picture of Thailand and the river from the Lao side.
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