Settha Palace Hotel Vientiane

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... 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.
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... and drove along the first and only railway line in all of Laos. Other than that it was all about relaxing. We decided one day that we’d done enough relaxing on Don Khon and that it was time to go and relax over on Don Det (the adjacent island). Relaxing on Don Det was much better. We had hammocks at our guest house there, which makes the world of difference! Actually, that place turned out to be our cheapest accommodation is Asia to date ($2/night ...

... The actual wat is in need of some TLC but was quiet cool to see it mostly wooden without all the paint etc. At 5pm the minivan came and picked up Nicole and I for our 24 hour bus oddessy to Hanoi. We said goodbye to everyone and hope to catch up with Gary in Vietnam, we also have to report on the bus trip as a few of the others will also be doing the trip.

Pete and me (Ari had gone to Tad Lo) got our pick up from Sabadee Guesthouse at about half seven in the evening (after paying the extortionate 190,000 kip for a ticket) and got taken to the bus station. Bought some snacks for the journey including a Magnum (standard - on holiday), and then saw our bus. Our amazing bus. This double decker looked like it had been painted by a cross between some tie dye trousers and the cover designer for the Sgt Peppers album. I mean it was ...

23rd April 2009 Mixay Guest House, Vientiane, Loas Warming up From Vang Vieng the road undulated to Phong Hong (90 kms) but from Phong Hong to Vientiane it was pretty much flat. As we got closer to the capital city so the accommodation changed from traditional wooden buildings in small villages to large, villa-type brick buildings in larger, sprawling towns. On the way we bumped into Andreas, a German cyclist, in Laos for ...

... nice to hear from home. Sounds like everyone is good and our Tigers have improved since they left Toronto, even my friend Rodney has been doing well with 2 saves! We went back to the room, showered and had breakfast buffet. We had some fruit, fried and scrambled eggs, baguette and Laos soup. Breakfast was served in the main meeting room and the upper balcony. There were no seats outside, but the room was open, so it was still a nice setting. I think that ...

... where the American Dream can now be lived out much more cheaply than it ever was in America. Dollars continue to pour in in the form of donations by countries, world organisations and companies and always the message is 'You are poor, we will alleviate your poverty'. Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese businessmen are hammering on the doors - eager to get to work in a newly liberalised country where things such as workers' rights and environmental protection are almost unheard of ...