Lao Orchid

8.2 Um 0600 aufgestanden und mit Scott zum Lokal „The Warehouse" und dort die Superbowl Party besucht. Um 1000 auf unseren Fahrer gewartet welcher aber nicht kam und daher nahmen wir einen anderen, welcher gute Englisch sprach. Erzeigte uns weitere ...

... in Vientiane to leaden skies and by the time we make it through the shabby domestic arrival terminal it is raining hard. Th Laos Orchid Hotel is much better than expected for $45 US. There's even some 'give' in the bed. Vientiane is small and easily ...

... or 9 km out of town in all the major cities here in Laos). Ended up getting a room at our first choice - Vang Vieng Orchid Guesthouse (US$6 ground floor, fan, hot water bathroom). It's down by the riverside (not the Mekong anymore, now we're on the ...

... Not certain of my plans, but looking to bomb through Thailand (as I feared it was overdeveloped and wouldn't blow me away like Lao/Cambodia), I figured I'd be through the country in two weeks.  The girls were going to see how things went in the north ...

... was back in Melbourne as I am sitting here at 7:30 am sweating. Yesterday we had a look around the city, tried Beer Lao at a few different establishments and ate some food... Adam being very adventurous and eating chicken feet off a wooden skewer. I stuck ...

... for a capital city and we set off immediately to explore it. We hired a tuk-tuk driver and were surprised to find that the Lao variety of tuk-tuks are basically thin wooden crates sitting on the back of a large motorcycle, much different from their Thai ...

... isn't much there so it was a good job we were only there for a couple of days.  Lois found us a room at the White Orchid Guesthouse where they kindly let us check in straight away.  My cold had started taking its toll so I curled up in bed and ...

... hotels.   Settled down and went out to grab a quick bite nearby along the city centre of Phonsavan where my guesthouse, White Orchid, was located.  I was to regret the dinner the next day ...     Day 9 - Phonsavan - 191108 ...

... friends on the bus we had a group of Irish, Americans, Canadans, British, and Scotts all looking for a place to stay. Finally Orchid Guesthouse had enough rooms for all of us so we dropped our bags which we were carrying for 15 minutes in the blistering ...

... haben wir es geschafft und sind in Vientiane angekommen. Der erste Eindruck: viel besser als Vang Vien! :) Wir sind im Orchid Guesthouse untergekommen, welches okay ist, aber auch nicht dolle - von der Dachterasse einmal abgesehen. Morgen werden wir, ...

... all the way to Vientiane. We got there and a tuk tuk driver took us to one hotel which was too much so we ended up at Orchid Hotel which was nice. I went to the shop and this woman at this cafe outside asked me if I was alone and then gesticulated ...

Wednesday July 13th 7 pm @ Orchid guest house Vientiane, Laos   Once again, I feel like I have way too much to write about, but I will try to shorten it. I've already spent 2 days here in Laos, and tomorrow I will spend a whole day travelling up to ...

... had a beer and left Ron with the bags while I went off to sort out accommodation.  We ended up in 'The White Orchid’ – 100,000kip a night including breakfast which wasn’t bad at all, and we had a tv with reasonable reception for ...

... brutally honest in a naive sort of way "From a closer distance, it appears even less impressive, like a monster of concrete". I think Lao National Tourism Administration may need to get a new PR firm to work on that one. The free Lao PDR guide ...

... floating and came across more partiers in the river.  Huge marquees were erected in the shallows with chairs, tables, food, people, Beer Lao, music and dancing - it was awesome to sit and watch.  The day we went tubing was New Year's Day which ...

... they are/were. There's a much more interesting story to be told in Phonsovan though and thats of the Secret War conducted against Lao between 1965 and 1973. The town is in a region that was heavily carpet bombed by the US air force for nearly nine years ...

... their complexions from the sun.  Girls on the backs of scooters riding sidesaddle as they mostly wear the traditional Lao skirt. Breathtaking scenery, phallic looking mountains, shrouded in mist.  As David put it the most unrealistic Computer ...

... Dam, gaman ađ njóta menningarinnar á međan mađur skolar niđur matnum međ einum ísköldum. Skelltum okkur í nudd, svokallađ traditional Lao massage, Eva fékk 1 og hálfan tíma og Árni 1 klst. Borguđum bara 2000 kr. saman fyrir ţetta allt. ...