This is for real. Vientiane has a vibrant community of jazzercise/step aerobics/Asian zumba fanatics. Every evening when the sun begins to set (usually around 6:15) locals and tourists alike flock to the riverfront park for exercise. For hundreds of yards you can see cute Laotian women jogging in leaopard print workout tights with matching head bands, teenage boys in breakdancing gear doing backflips off of trees, and  grandparents in sweatpants chasing after the most adorable children imaginable. All of this culminates in front of a large statue of King Anouvong as the moon rises and the dancing begins. This is probably the funnest way I have ever learned to count in a foreign language; Nung – Song – Saam – Sii – Haa while bobbing to Thai pop and American techno. I feel like I am in the right place. 🙂