Pakse Resorts - Reviews and Rates

After our fabulous experience in the North of Laos we headed south to the town of Pakse. Luang Nam Tha to Pakse is over about 600 km and originally we had chosen to fly this leg of the journey. However we found that the airport in Pakse was shut for renovations.

A five hours mini-bus journey was followed by a 16 hour overnight bus back to...

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We got a boat to don khon which isnt the main island but it wasnt as touristy so that was good. Got a cheap hut on the river front with hammocs to chill out in by the river. We hired bycycles with rob and brad and went for a long bike ride which was great fun but knackering in the heat. Checked out a watrefall which was preety impressive. Chille...

This is a bit of an unusual blog in that it's dedicated not to a place but to a mode of transport, well I did sleep there. From Vientiane we booked tickets on the sleeper bus to Pakse a mere (sp) 10 drive south. Before leaving we fed, watered and caught up on internet time, one slight diversion if I may... Because I was the only girl, I accumula...

The bus leaves at midnight and takes a long, uncomfortable 6hrs to get to Pakse. This is only half the journey and while in the morning market drinking tea to warm myself up, I run into some people from the lodge who are going in the same direction as me, just on a different bus. (They can afford VIP). We chat for a while, although I don't say m...

I arrived at a guesthouse in Pakse at 6am after the night bus, and was told I'd have to wait until 8am to check in. I ordered breakfast while I waited, and while I ate I got chatting to a really nice French girl called Sonia, who kindly invited me to share her room. I accepted, and by 8am I was showered and ready to head out for the day on a tri...

The great trip, great friends and great time will be coming up here soon

OK, so the mission to Bangkok commences today. Only 2 flights a week go from Pakse to Bangkok and I picked the wrong day, so the only option is to travel overland by bus. I first caught a bus with the locals to a small dock on the Mekong. We crossed the Mekong on some strange improvised car ferry. The ferry looked like several small boats strapp...

so we got on our night bus which has laos karakaoo on till 3am and a short clip of rush hour, and rarrived in pakse around 6am. not good. we were attacked by loadsa tuktuk people who were like we take u and went and sat down. a woman followed us and said she would take us to the centre for 5000. wrong we got taken to a guesthouse ( and the one w...

Lao Road Trip! After relaxing on the river in Vang Vieng, we headed back to Vientiane to meet up with Sid's cousin, who has a minivan and offered to take us on a road trip down to southern Laos. We didn't know that we would also be taking the trip with one of the cousin's friends (who would help drive on the long trip); another friend who wanted...