Saysana Hotel Vientiane

... br><br>While I packed up my stuff, Mark kindly went on a wander round the area and looked for somewhere better; on waking up we had both come to the immediate consensus that we were definitely not staying any longer. Mark quipped that people usually have to commit a crime to stay somewhere like this! Twenty minutes later he returned, having found a place called Mixay down the road with a nice double room, double the price, but more than ...

... signes en bonne et due forme, nous avons compris qu'il fallait rebrousser chemin et nous avons reussi a obtenir un minimum d'indications pour la chute que nous recherchions. <br><br>La visite du centre du Laos se resume a plusieurs heures de conduite agreable dans les petits villages entoures de formations karstiques et un arret dans la plus grande grotte du pays. Cette grotte fait 7 km de long que nous avons naviguee en petit bateau ...

... We were charged 28,000K (1pound fifty) for this belated surprise. And 28,000K is enough to buy you fish (which is always the most expensive thing on the menu), or to buy you 3 BeerLao in a grocery shop. We had a conversation (us in english, old lady manager in Laos - so not sure how much was understood?!) We insisted that we didn't order this appertiser and tried to get the waiter to admit to the manager that we told him to take it away. The manager had added it to the ...

... just laughing and clearly knew that it was a scam. After about half hour of stalemate between us westerners and soldiers one of the staff from the bus came up and said to pay or else the bus would go without us in 10 mins. So we had no real choice but to pay up. <br><br>When we got back on the bus one of the couples on board noticed their bag was missing, but they were told it got moved into the main hold when all the bags got x-rayed through customs. We were finally on Vietnam ...

... larges oreilles (rendez vous compte... je suis en train d&lt;expliquer comment diriger un elephant...comme c&lt;est etrange !).<br> Et tout se passe tres bien. Mae Cot m&lt;ecoute parfaitement. Nous allons donc faire un petit tout dans le sentier boise ensemble -- avec mon mahout qui nous accompagne a pied...plus occupe a prendre des photos avec ma camera qu&lt;a surveiller ma conduite ! Ca a fait des super photos cependant ! Je ne peux m&lt;empecher de sourire en les regardant ...

... silver, and Bronze. Pretty cool wall! <br><br>Another Wat, Wat Sok Pa Luang, offers massage and sauna. DOn't worry, the monks don't give the massages, lay people who live at the temple do the massages But, it is a bit strange to be getting your massage on the grounds of a temple! It was a nice experience, but not the most relaxing, as there were lots of people and talking. The massages and sauna are up on a platform, surrounded by trees. So, you're outside, on this platform, with 6 ...

... altercation with a bus because one of its clippers was a bit destroyed, but trust me it wouldve done some serious damage to that bus! Luang Prabang was the definite highlight of the country in general, and the bus ride getting there from Vang Vieng was spectacular. The bus winding in and out of sweeping mountains, being higher up than the cloud and mist, endless valleys and mountains in the distance, tiny towns and villages along the way. My pictures wont do ...

... activities to consider...Kayaking, treks, climbing....none of which tickled our fancy lol. We ventured back into the town in the evening but didn't stay long....<br><br>In the morning we made our way to the bus terminal and grabbed a bus to Vientiane. The journey was about three and a half hours....pretty scenery winding through villages and along mountain roads ...

... beds. We put up with all this because our guidebook indicated that things were going to be much more expensive in Vientiene and we wanted to keep costs down. But then things took a turn for the worse and we would have to find another place the next day. Sarah found bed bedbugs in her bed and we slept in Hanan's single bed. By night there must have been some sort of sewage backup in the pipes because the room smelled like an enclosed ...

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