I have been to Laos by crossing the Mekong at Nong Khai. The border further west is not formed by the river but is just a line drawn on a map which divides land. Is anybody able to say how this border is defined locally, please ? I am sure it is nothing like that between North and South Korea with a no-man's land but does it have lots of soldiers and barbed wire ?
I have no intention of crossing into Laos illegally or encouraging anybody else to do so and am just curious to know what is there. We quite fancy a house which is less than twenty miles from the land border and it would be nice to know what goes on in those parts. Do people just walk across through the jungle both ways ? Given the Thai/Lao attitude to life I cannot see them taking much notice of a line drawn on a map. Do locals even know there is a border ?