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Travel Blogs from Vientiane
Tubing!!
so we went for one party to place to another had a good couple of nights dancing around the local bars then with the hangover from hell i decided whiskey is no longer my friend and detoxed for a day before going tubing! excellent day with a good crowd of people ! and then on to the bars later, its fair to say that if you stay here too long your …
Vientiane - The capital of Laos.
... we gave her £2 instead of £8 for the drinks and headed off! 'Refusing to pay for part of a restaurant bill'- another first for us both! The next morning we were woken up at 7am by hammering and drilling! Oh joy! We peered out of our hotel window to see a construction site right outside! 2 hours later and the noise was still going on (this despite Jane doing her best angry-Peggy-Mitchell impression out of the window to get them to be quiet - JM) This was a fairly posh ...
Festival time!
... are set adrift down the Mekong River to pay respect to the river spirit. (I googled that bit)
We arrived the day before the start of the festival so it gave us time to take a look around the city before the madness began. Flowers and bamboo boats with candles were being sold everywhere and hundreds of stalls were being set up along the river, it looked like it was going to be really fun!
Vientiane is a very modern city compared to the ...
Northern Laos - A Laid-back Place
... we’d heard rumours and read a few blogs that tubing had been shut down by the authorities as there were too many accidents and deaths each year, things were getting out of hand. Pete did lots of research online, reading forums, etc., but the only way to know for sure is to get there and see.
Yes, all bars have been shut down, BUT you can still hire a tube and go down the river! And unexpectedly this was still great fun! A very different experience ...
ASEM is taking over
In early, November Laos will host the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). The pre-meetings leading up to the main event started yesterday. Vientiane has gone a little crazy in preparations. Christmas lights adorn trees all over the town center and even a little bit out of town. The Ministry of Energy is, somewhat ironically, completely covered with lights. Flags from Asian and European nations have gone up around Patouxay, a ...
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