Day Inn Vientiane

... We paid 10 pound a night for a large room with bathroom, tv, fridge and a swimming pool which was empty the entire time (except for us!!!) However, the pool didn't satify our need to cool off so we decided to check out Laos' first and only waterpark which had recently opened. A short bike ride away we grabbed breakfast from the Joma bakery (a chain of bakeries which do AMAZING musli, cakes, pastries and coffee) outside the park and waited for it to open. 30,000K (1 pound ...

The journey from the 4000 Islands hadn't got off to a promising start. When we first booked our tickets, we went to a travel agent, explaining that we wanted to take the overnight bus from Pakse to Vientiane, and were met with a nonchalant "yeah?" We did manage it eventually, although in Laos it seems that the computer regularly says no.

We’d only heard the news about Wacko Jacko that morning, two days behind ...

Tja, naja, vielleicht liegt es an mir oder an meinen Erwartungen aber Laos war erstmal so "geht so".

Alle haben davon geschwaermt, wie freundlich und toll die Menschen hier sind und dass alles soo toll ist und ich muss leider sagen, dass die Menschen hier eher unfreundlich sind, die Landschaft ist schon sehr schoen, aber zunaechst habe ich mich hier gar nicht wohl gefuehlt.

Insgesammt ist es hier unglaublich ruhig, was daran liegt ...

... Its only 10am and I still have the whole day ahead of me. Traditional Laos massages are nice, and bendy! I just hope that I can move tomorrow. We also hit up Budda park, which was pretty cool as well, and besides that we basiocally just took it easy. Alright, well off to have one final beer Laos beforewe head off to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow morning. Cherio!

... cold water right down everyones back! A little drunk and little more wet , we noticed the food starting to come out......................Mats were placed on the floor in front of us and dishes and dishes of various meat and soup came out ..............then salad was placed around every bowl covering every part of the matt. We ate and drank ..............and were very pleased with ourselves........we hadnt comitted any social faux paux's and we were enjoying the ...

... them. So i decided to head out and check my emails. So here i am.

When i got back to the hostel later I decided to delay tubing for a day adn go on the public bus with some people i met at the hostel.

Next day, went to go investigate the public bus. Only save a quid by going on there and there's no aircon, so we're gonna do the 'VIP' bus. Got back to the hostel around 5 and they ...

... nh ở Đài chiến
thắng. Đây là công trình xây dựng từ thời Pháp theo kiểu Khải Hoàn Môn
ở Pa-ri, một trong những điểm du lịch của Viêng Chăn. Nếu là con chiên
sùng đạo ‘công nghiệp hoá, hiện đại hoá’, chắc hẳn tôi sẽ chạm nọc tự
ái ...

... all of Laos had something to do with it!



The usual 'no rooms at the inn' saw us ending up in a pretty dull and expensive 25 dollar room, vast contrast to previous prices! We then wandered down to the Mekong, passing loads of old cars which were cool plus the typical tuk-tuk! Here they really went to town though, jazzing them up in different colours and spray paint, just mad! We sat on ...