Phu Phadaeng Hotel
Travel Blogs from Phonsavan
Duizend bommen en granaten
... ons hierheen. Beide broers waren het erover eens dat de Plain bijzaak was en bovendien erg saai. Phonsai (broer) zei dat een collectie kruiken toch niet bijzonder was, want elke keer als hij naar de wc ging zag hij er ook weer een. We waren zoals voorspeld ook binnen een uur klaar met het rondlopen over de vlakte. Maar wat een massieve dingen zeg! De grootste kruik is 2,5 meter hoog en je voelt toch wel respect voor de verre voorvaderen die dit uitgehakt hebben! Bijzonder is dat er ...
The hills, the hills...the rain, the rain!!
... beyond measure to get off the boat (well, I was anyway), we managed to locate all our stuff, including the bikes, found a guesthouse and ended up having a nice and extremely drunken evening with a lovely Dutch couple, Andre and Jeanne, who had fallen in love with Laos several years ago and now spent a few weeks every year travelling through the country. This trip, they wanted to follow the Mekong most of the length of Laos, right down to the Cambodian border in the south. ...
...see the Plain of Jars and more.
... and did it on our own. We had done a little reading on the subject and decided that the guides, if they did speak English, would have as many questions as we did anyway. The mystery behind the jars was one of the major draws for the both of us and though we left asking more questions than we started with it was well worth the trip.
Our next destination was unknown. We had a map ...
Phonsavanh
... something super sweet, something along the lines of :" the world is perfect, I'm in the car, theres you, beautiful scenery, and biscuits":) haha. I like it when simple things in life as such are greatly appreciated and brings happiness to one. :) otw back to town, the car tyre burst and we had some trouble unscrewing the tyre from the car. No biggy as the issue was resolved within an hour.
We went to the plains of jars after that, just a plain with ...
Phonsavan: So what are these Plain of Jars???
... are the only ones in town). We first of all went to site 3, although a small site, you had to walk through a rice paddy field to get there, which was pretty. The second site was on top of a hill and had great views of the area. We stopped off after to see a Russian tank left from the war. After some noodle soup for lunch we went to sample some Lao Lao, it tasted like paint stripper but it was actually rice whiskey. The final site ...
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Other places to stay in Phonsavan
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Vansana Plain Of Jars Hotel
Ban Phonesavanh, Xieng Khouang, Phonsavan | Hotel$55 average -
Maly Hotel
24, Muangphouane Ban Phonsa aat, Phonsavan | Hotelfrom $31 -
Auberge Phouphadeng
Xiengkhouang, Phonsavan | Hotelfrom $58 -
Chittavanh Hotel
#7 Road, Phonsavan | Hotelfrom $24
