A drifting mantra of mine is Wellness. In southeast Asia I get to take advantage of affordable saunas (herbal steam). I’ll happily take whichever I can get. It’s called a sauna when in essence it’s an herbal steam, just semantics. While steam facilities
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![View of the wide Mekong River in Pakse, southern Laos](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RIver-View-Across-the-Mekong-in-Laos-Feature-Resized.jpg)
I’ve been in peaceful Pakse on the calm Mekong for three weeks, with nine days before the 30-day Lao visa expires. The original, but loose plan was to stay in Pakse for the full, in-country time allotment. However, during the first few days,