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TravelPod Member ReviewsPresidential Palace Vientiane
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Laos Presidential Palace
worldcitizen83 8 contributions Chicago, United States Aug 4, 2011
This building is located near the center of the city. Unfortunately, it is not open to the public and you can only take pictures from a distance behind the gate. Unlike the rest of the city, which is rather dilapidated and impoverished, the Presidential Palace is quite large and extravagant looking.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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Presidential Palace
worldcitizen83 8 contributions Chicago, United States Aug 4, 2011
This building is located near the center of the city. Unfortunately, it is not open to the public and you can only take pictures from a distance behind the gate. Unlike the rest of the city, which is rather dilapidated and impoverished, the Presidential Palace is quite large and extravagant looking.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Presidential Palace Vientiane
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Unimpressed with Vientiane!!
Only staying here 2 nights but wish I'd just stayed in Luang Prabang now!! Hotel was nice enough, even though it had a window overlooking the landing, very strange!!! The french influence can be found here aswell but only if you look really hard. Found a really nice streetside restaurant, so I ended up going there both nights and got a really cheap …
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Sleepy capital along the Mekong
So we arrived in Vientiane (most of us) after having a few hours kayaking..and even more in the back of a pick up truck completely covered in dust and dirt. I have never seen my face look so dirty and I even managed to get a 'tan' line on my arms!
Vientiane is a nice place, but strangely enough if does not feel like a capital city. It … -
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Arrival, Lao National History Museum, Patuxay Gate
Despite the inconveniences of the prior day, the overnight stay in Hanoi wasn't too bad. Unfortunately, due to the location of the hotel and fact we had to be at the airport by 8am, I didn't have a chance to properly explore. Hopefully I'll get to return to Vietnam in the future. Since it was August, the weather was extremely humid. I wasn't even …
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Related BlogsPresidential Palace Vientiane
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Day 68
... do here at all then this would be it. It was only 9am but the heat was already stifling. The tour took in a few temples and the Presidential Palace but was over in one hour so I sat down at an internet cafe and made a DVD of photos that I hadn't yet sent ...
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Laid back in Laos
... number of Buddha statues inside. From the garden outside I can see a beatifully proportioned, but crumbling, villa in the presidential palace compound that looks like the best property development opportunity in the world. We walk across the road to ...
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Walking around the nations capital - very quiet!
... . Like I mentioned in the previous blog, there's not much to see but we will do our best. First place we went to was the Presidential Palace. Now this place has seen better days. It needs a good lick of paint, so if you've got some spare time Askew, get ...
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A quiet capital city
... Indian restaurant. Vegetarian delights with Nan bread. We then explore the city and begin our own walking tour. We walk past the Presidential palace and north via Th LAN Xang road. Dave finds an apple vendor to get himself a charger and a better ...
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Tubing + Whiskey = Vang Vieng Baby!
... cultural site and went to visit the museum of art and antiques, quite interesting and some great photo op's. We noticed that the presidential palace was next door and decided to go in for a closer look only to have some kind of security guard shouting ...
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Vientiane, Laos
... interesting - more so for the environment they were working in. Saw all officialdom firsthand when i was passing past the Presidential Palace all the traffic was stopped and a motorcade came through with the President or Prime Minister of Vietnam ...
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The land of a million elephants
... 't really enjoy it... gutted! We visited the oldest temple in Vientiane, took in the sights by the Mekong river, saw the presidential palace and in the evening went to see the night market. The market was good but paled into insignificance ...
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Built to Spite The French
Today we went for a walk in the midday sun. We found the main road, Lane Xang Avenue, which has the Presidential Palace at one end and Patouxai at the other. They are both modelled on France's Champ Elysées and Arc de Triomphe (respectively). The ...
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Relaxing day in Vientiane
... city center. The main area of Vientiane isn't that big, maybe a rectangle 1.5km by .5km. I went past the presidential palace (from before the current government), some temples, and some cultural government buildings. The road runs along the river, ...
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Over-and-Under-Whelmed
... , nicer guesthouse. We switched to their guesthouse in the morning, then set out walking across the city. We walked past the Presidential Palace and through the very weird Talat Soa market on the way to the COPE Centre. (To paraphrase the Lonely Planet), ...
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