12 hours in the capital city of Vientiane

We left vang vieng and headed three hours south to the capital city of Vientiane. We had heard that the capital city wasn't worth visiting and that we should just skip it and continue south. We were so glad we didn't adhere to that advice! We got there around 5pm an found a place to stay for the night quite seamlessly. We then hopped on some bikes and began cruising town. This is me with my to-go coffee: 

We rode along the Mekong river and saw a huge group of people gathered together and heard techno music playing loudly. When we got close enough, we realized what was going on: Aerobics. We immediately jumped off of our bikes and joined in for a full hour of sunset aerobics with the locals. It was led by two people, a man and a woman and there were hundreds of people enthusiastically shuffling their feet on the ground and waving their arms in the air. It was surreal: 

 

I will forever think of Vientiane when I see an aerobics class going on. 

That night we ate dinner and since everything closes at 11 here, we were in bed early. We woke up the next morning and went for a 7k run around town to see the sights. It was a great way to see everything and let out some energy before our next bus journey.