Parkview Executive Suites Vientiane

... restaurants by the bank of Mekong River, just across the street from my hotel, to eat. 3 of us, two Australians and I, shared the dishes that we ordered. The seafood soup that I order was very good and cost not even 2 USD. After that we went to an internet café and then to a roof top bar. <br><br>Laos is said to be the most relaxing country in the region, and I agree. I Vientiane here are much less hustling and bustling, no aggressive entrepreneurialism (but still there is no ...

Arrived in Vientiane after a painful 5am wakeup.. why didn't we take the later bus? No idea.. We managed to do the whole of Vientiane's sights in one afternoon, just one temple including the road leading up to it. All the place does have going for it is the food - some great international reastaurants, including proper coffee, cinammon ...

... and Vietnam. <br><br>Friday morning I booked myself onto a "VIP Bus" to Hanoi, this would be a 24 hour journey leaving at 5pm that day. It would also see Gareth and I head off and leave Dave behind as he was still feeling ****** and so wanted to get himself sorted before he headed to Hanoi. So it was another day spent doing not a lot before we got picked up from the hotel to head to the bus station. This would signal the start of **** journey number 2.<br><br>When we arrived at ...

... a moi et sarah decide soudainement (enfin, aussi soudainement qu&lt;un elephant peut le faire) d&lt;aller vers la riviere en prenant une pente tres abrupte. J&lt;ai passe a deux doigts de sauter dans un arbre au passage. Notre mahout lui criait BOUN ! BOUN ! avec une grosse voix. J&lt;apprends plus tard - et vais retenir le mot - que ca veut dire: back up lourdeau !<br>Les autres Mahouts se sont diriges vers la bete rebelle...Puis, notre bestiole, nommee Mae Cot, decide de ...

... hammock. <br><br>So anyway. I'm here catching up on the journal (I'm in the process of filling in the blanks-which done retrospectively allows for better judgment but reduced memory recall) and a bit of admin. I have so much to do I made a list on a napkin at the bar last night. Its like I'm back at work. It was as follows:<br><br>1. Eat at place recommended by a friend. Turns out I already had as they are a chain but the bagel was once again very ...

I spent around 8 days in Laos, covering the capital city of Vientiane, and also Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang.<br><br>The most noticeable characteristic about Laos, in my eyes, was just how laid back everyone is! All Lao people move at their own pace, in their own time, at their leisure, and this rubs off on the ordinary traveller. Especially coming in from bustling Bangkok the day before... <br><br>The capital city, Vientiane, is pretty missable. Its a small ...

... 2 hours into the trek we reached a clearing from the jungle used for farming. The view was spectacular! Both Erin and I were breathing heavy and drenched with sweat. We took a break and as we were sitting there trying to catch our breath, an old women (must&#8217;ve been 70 at least) came walking up the trail carrying about 80 kilo&#8217;s on her back, not a bead of sweat on her and not at all out of breath. Erin and I felt disgusted with ourselves at how ...

Caught a local bus yesterday morning to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. Only 200,000 or so people and feels like a town more than city. Bus journey was probaby the worst yet. Was cheap though so can't complain too much. Made the mistake of sitting on the back row which meant a very rough and bumpy journey on a bus with no suspension. Also had 7 people wedged in as the bus went along and picked up more people. And there was half a farmers ...

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... with a possibly still tore UCL. Oh, and I bowled a 119 left-handed so you all can be impressed....haha jk)<br><br><br><br> The next day, Liron and I rented bikes for our lazy man's walking tour of Vientiane, which began with a trip to their fake Arc de Triumphe, which was one of those things that looks good from afar, but is far from good....kinda like Siena's baseball field when I was there. From there we biked it up a "slight" incline, which since I'm out ...