The last night I was in Vientienne I got a little bored of watching the CNN and ESPN in my room although at first since I hadn't watched any TV in 55 days it was like gorging myself on candy. So, I looked at the Lonely Planet and they said that there was a bowling alley near my hotel so I walked down there to bowl a few frames. The LP is pretty snarky in the commentary saying that there is some "interesting local form" or something similar but when I got there I was easily the worst bowler in the place. When I first went to get shoes they told me I'd have to buy socks as well to go with the shoes but I told the woman that I didn't really want to have to but socks and so she pointed me over to another rack of shoes that were just the old ones that I guess they didn't care if your dirty socks got in.