Day 136-143: LAOS – Mekong River and Luang Prabang (plus Bangkok!)

LAOSPopulation: 6.76 million Word for Cat: Cat (ແມວ) Capital: Vientiane Currency: $1 Australian Dollar = ₭6,400 Lao Kip Religions: Buddhist (65%), Laotian folk religion (31%), Christian (2%), Other (2%) Human Development Index: 138th (medium) Total Gross Domestic Product: US$ 44.64 billion Form of Government: Unitary One-Party Socialist Republic  Laos is a country most of us in the west don't …