A long way to get to a better life
Just finished a dosa and chicken curry at a tamilian restaurant in Vientiane, run by a guy from Karaikal. He’s been here for about thirty odd years! Also met a couple of tamils from Malaysia and south TN. Apparently, according to the restaurant owner, Vientiane falls on an immigration route- Folks from TN/Sri Lanka make their way to Malaysia/Thailand, and then by road come to lao, enter China through Lao’s northern border, then on to Mongolia, and into Russia, from where they head into Germany or other western nations, with the ideal being London. Apparently four people did this last year, and two made it to London, but he’s not heard from two others… there’s such a fascinating ‘other world’ out there that we don’t think about!
Was good to know that my broken Tamil could actually be understood in laos!
