Vongkhamsone Hotel Vientiane

... We got to the internet place, at which we had booked our bus, and both just went on the internet for a bit while we waited to be picked up at 1.30pm. Shortly before it arrived, Mark and I scurried round the local shops and got some Vang Vieng tubing vests to replace the ones we'd lost, somehow, on Halloween. This done, a tuk-tuk arrived to take us to the bus' departure point, a nearby hotel, and once there we handed our bags to the driver to stow in the hold and got on board ...

Petite balade a travers Vientiane ce matin, et recherche d'une des 5 geocaches du pays, rentre bredouille et decu de la balade egalement, on est maintenant dans un cafe internet et j'ecris ces mots !<br><br>------------------------------ ------------------------<br><br>Little walk ...

... 50 something Aussie married-couple and our guide: a 22 year-old ex-Buddhist monk with a penchant for Western girls and alcohol) headed out into the countryside. We visited waterfalls and did a little trekking along the way. We made really good friends with the Aussies (who are Rangers back home, and we will hope to take up their kind invitation of hospitality when we head there in December) and the ex-Monk, who was happy to answer lots of questions about ...

... not arrived the place would've shut. (By 2am you could tell they wanted us to leave!)<br><br>Next day we went to check out the Buddha Park, which is about 25km out of Vientiane. The park itself is about the size of a football pitch, but was very tranquil and bloody hot! It has a Buddhist/Hindu/Shaman feel to the place, and on of the largest reclining Buddha's in the world (so we were told). After a couple of hours chilling there we headed to the replica of the Arc De Triumphe. I ...

Vientiane was a pivotal point of our trip in Laos. It was here where we had to decide which direction to take. Would we brave the weather and head further south into southern Laos, or give in and cross back into Thailand in search of the sun? I'm glad to say that we decided on the former. We didn't see much of Vientiane, it's drab exterior hardly begging to be explored. We found a cheap guest house and booked our bus out of town for ...

... my better judgment, upon our arrival in Pakse, I really had had enough of the angry Israeli man when he started shouting and gesticulating wildly at a timid Lao girl at the travel agent in town. Never one to back away from a challenge, I stormed wildly into the office, rage burning in my belly, and told him in some kind of South London gangster tone that seemed to emerge from my lips that his behaviour simply &#8220;was ...

... was out so I just lazed there all day... lush! <br><br>Vang Vieng is a small town in a beautiful location surrounded by mountains, caves etc.. but the town itself is touristy-as-hell..... the cafes/bars show either Friends or Simpsons on a loop all day every day..... they also openly sell dope/ magic mushrooms and opium.... and then the police fine you about $500 if you get caught taking any of it (I just stuck to Beer Lao!!) so it's a mix of drunk and drugged-up kids and hippies ...

... I really doubt he had. Both instructors then tried to persuade us to jump into the water from the rocks! Needless to say, no one was up for it. After kayaking we continued our journey by bus, by which time we were ready to check into a guest house and eat some food! Vientianne is a town heavily influenced by the French, so there are numerous bakeries and restaurants serving French cuisine including excellent steak! We headed out for dinner ...

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