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Fa Ngum Road, Ban Seetarn Neua Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep, 54120, 856-21-243350

Not much to say about Vientiane. Vientiane's the capital of Laos. It was actually pronounced Wieng Chan, which means Sandalwood City, but the French mucked around with the spelling. Although it's the capital, it's still Laos, so there's not too much traffic or noise in Vientiane. But the city's not much to look at. It's dirty and polluted. Here, the mighty Mekong River dries up to a pitiful trickle in dry season. We were only there for a few days, and I was sick for most of it. At first, I wa...
Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep connieycWe arrived in Vientianne - the Capital of Lao at about 6pm - we were the only plane and thus the only customers in the international airport at that time. So we filled out our form and paid our 30US dollards for our Visa's and went through immigration. Customs was already closed so we were straight through and out to our driver who loaded our gear into the car and off we went to our Hotel. Immediately we could notice the huge difference between Lao and Vietnam. The was no hustle no bustle.......
Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep dakgrrlWe woke up at 6 am and were on our way to an internet cafe at 7 am. At the first 2 places we were not able to place an International call, but found a cooperative young girl at the 3rd spot. Bill called and talked to his Mom; Don, Lauri and the kids had already gone home. I called Doug and Daphne's and spoke with Scott, Doug, Carol, Jason and Daphne; the Youngs have rushed home to take care of Ella and Ally for us and my Mom wanted to get home before dark. It was nice to hear from home. Sound...
Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep theresabillSabai Dee Pi Mai Lao is Laos Happy New Year! It is a 3 day celebration that starts today. People dress in bright floral shirts, flower garlands and wide brim hats. The holiday is also celebrated in Thailand at the same time and it is also know as the Water Cleansing Festival. People line the streets with hoses and buckets to douse pedestrians and motor vehicles for 3 days. Families also go to the temples to bathe Buddha and give offerings. Things to watch out for are: hoses, talcum powder, co...
Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep theresabillDay 2 of Pi Mai Lao. We are told that it will not be as bad today, so we shall see. I had cornflakes and fruit. Bill had fried eggs and croissant. It already feels really hot and humid. We walked down Luang Prabang Road to find a pharmacy. Then we went to a few Wats in the area near our hotel. I think we went to Wat Khounra - similar to 1 in Chiang Mai with red and gold, Wat Sieng Vat - had a Naga fountain, and Wat Sithan Neua - we bought our flower garlands here, it had balloons for sale, lo...
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Nong Khai, Thailand amazingthailand... onto shore (much appreciated as although coordination was improved, it was not exactly brilliant). Went back to hotel to find Ryan much better having spent the day with a rubix cube and continous episodes of Tom and Jerry. Went out for dinner, but realised that I was in fact feeling pretty horrendous so Laura and I went home to try and feel a bit less terrible, leaving the boys to continue to scare the locals with their attempt at friendly conversation ...
Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep jess_a88... also at 2/3 through it, wherever you encounter a chalk circle with a H in it. Right before reaching the first stopping point, I busted my ass, to the amusement of some young monks, on some mildew covered cement. Luckily I was in first place and the rest of the group was behind the Wat that I had just ran around, so they didn't get to see it. I had scraped my knee up pretty bad and had blood running down my leg into my sock. The regulars laughed and made some funny virgin hasher jokes.<br ...
Vientiane, Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep tex25... motivated. The attorney's girlfriend at VFI was asking me and Kongsang (women’s right expert) why we were interested in human rights and it was so interesting to hear Kongsang’s answer about how her life had come to a point where she realized she was passionate about something and good at it. I did not really have such a defined issue, my life has never pointed in one direction without stopping. <br><br> When I was in undergrad I had idealized the whole ...
Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep zm4humanrights... the woman from Holland look over to me and shockingly mouth the words "It's a man!". I couldn't help myself but laugh, but I had to look for proof. I mean, she clearly had manly features, but I looked for an adam's apple regardless. After a minute of careful, yet inconspiculous inspection, there it was, a lump in her throat. "Dammit" I thought to myself. "Oh well, it's just a bus ride, what do you expect in south east asia, and at least it'll be a funny story." I ...
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