Lakeo Guest House Vientiane

... some 2 metres high and weighing over 2 tonnes. Nobody really knows what they are or why they are there but there are a few theories. Some people believe they were a type of urn used for cremation ashes. The good old Laos people don’t like to think of death so they believe they were used for storing Laos Laos whiskey! They have been roughly dated as being 1.5 - 2 million years old, which is far longer than the Laos people have been here therefore it ...

... for a capital city, and compared to other countries does not have as much to see and do. Managed lovely dinner though and a delicious lunch at the Scandanavian Bakery (bagels arent very Asian, but was needed as I am noodles and riced out!!) before heading onto the Adeventure Capital Vang Vieng.

... something to eat before getting the bus at 14:00 for a 3hr journey to Vang Vieng.<br>We arrived at about 17:30 and checked in to a 2 week old hotel which was nice, then got ready to go out out to eat and get on it. We went to the irish/sunrise bar which i had actually been to before but it had changed somewhat. All of us joined in a game of killer pool with the chance of a free bucket of alcohol, typically the bar owner won but ...

... on route :) <br>Dying to hear from ye. Email away! onlymise@hotmail.com <br><br>Planning loads of activities to get us fit again after Thailand- tubing down river, trekkingm hiking and the like! Will update the Blog after! Look at last few entries for photos!<br><br>Miss everyone back home!<br>Still having a ball! <br>Love <br>Lucy xx <br>

We arrived in the capital at stupid AM and had to try and find a guesthouse. Everywhere was full so I had to walk around for a while to find somewhere. In the end we found a nice place to stay but we couldnt check in till 10.30.. but we had something else we had to do.. we needed our visa for Thailand and the queues also start at stupid AM. We dropped our bags and went in search of the Embassy. That took a ...

... to the South, because I'll just cross over to Cambodia from there.<br><br>The embassy was closed anyway for holiday. I had very little money, no map, and no address, but I did have a phone number for Wes, who is a long time friend of my uncle's and family friend. Wes and his wife Savin both work for a NGO here in Vientiane that employs people that have had some rough times and they would otherwise have a very hard time finding work. A very generous shop keeper let me use his phone and I ...

... He referred to himself as &#8216;Papa doctor&#8217; and was insistent that Lao Lao was the cure for anything and everything. So, if you&#8217;d just woken up in the morning and were still quite tired&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. well&#8230;&#8230;..time for Lao Lao! <br><br>Time seems to stand still in Si Phan Don. Everything moved very slowly, including us. We did rent bicycles the one day and cruised around to Tat Somphamit (very dramatic and beautiful ...

... river was quite funny but long: we were still at the beginning of the rain season so not a lot of water and the river flowing veeeery slowly. So slowly that at a certain point we got out and go searching for a tuk tuk to go back! After two days in Vang Vieng, we eventually headed to Louang Prabang, the key destination for us in Laos (part of the UNESCO world heritage). After ten hours of bus we got to this beautiful village sitting on the Mekong River. Louang Prabang keeps a ...

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... cash crops in the dry season and providing cheap electricity to fuel the industrial revolution and sell to energy-hungry Thailand for a roaring profit. Large areas of primary forest are being felled (despite them being cynically designated National Biodiversity Conservation Areas to keep outside critics happy), often by Chinese and Vietnamese logging concerns, in order to earn foreign exchange to pay for the expected influx of consumer goods and the huge fees demanded by ...