Lao Orchid Hotel

... Tempel angeschaut. 10.2 Um 7 Uhr aufgestanden und noch alles zam gepackt, danach um 0805 mit unserem Tuk Tuk Fahrer vom Hotel zum Flughafen. Dort dauern Check in und Sicherheitskontollen ca. 3 minuten :D. Ein sehr schöner Flughafen. Um 1020 gings dann ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... swimming across the river to Thailand to avoid the visa restrictions, we all re-congregated on the roof of our hotel.  There was one incident of particular note that would forever feature in Mary's Most Embarassing and Hysterical Moments List of ...

... 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 ...

We arrived in Vientiane late, hungry and extremely exhausted. We finally found our hotel after searching for what seemed like hours in the hot sun but were relieved to find that it had a tiled rooftop terrace overlooking the Mekong River. It is clear that ...

... 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 ...

... meaning everyone starts to feel the heat, and what a heat it is - 35 degrees we reckon here, and that means an afternoon in your hotel room playing with the boys and giving Noah a bottle and a sleep. The town comes alive at 5, but alive only in so much ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... and get a tuk tuk, but didn't make it as a taxi was heading back into town so got a ride for three dollars. Went to a hotel that was booked out (and expensive) so kept wandering along the Mekong and found a nice enough place for $US18 a night so dropped ...

... managed breakfast and a tuk-tuk tour, arranged by Francois who had spent half the morning conversing with a lonely looking driver outside our hotel and of course, won us a 'lucky, lucky price, special price just for you'. Reluctantly we went along, all ...

... fair where every single person in the city goes at night. Lao people like loud music, very loud music. If you want a quiet relaxing hotel in Vientiane don't stay anywhere near the river! After applying for my visa at the Thai embassy we spent a few days ...

... the city. We also went out with a couple of guys from the same hostel to a strange club situated inside a hotel. We had  a really good time until Lao military tried to rob us on the way home! Not impressed with this corruption and made them give our ...

... can do that and the offer of cheap booze on the river can do that too. Nevertheless, this city's got some charm. Our hotel had a balcony looking out at the river and mountains which frame the small town. The group of us spent most of our post-tubing ...

... I was in heaven. I hadn't felt like I had actually relaxed like that in so long. I found a mini-mart type store by our hotel that sold wicked chocolate bars and cookies from home too, so I was pretty much set. I had a connection to a Laos woman who lives ...

... Na vier dagen stote het eindelijk met regenen, hopelijk zal het de komende dagen warmer worde. Zodat wij iets anders dan onze hotel kamer zullen zien.Na aankomst n Laos hebben een boottocht van twee dagen op de Mekong rivier gemaakt. Wij hadden gehoord ...

... and took us to it - for 7 dollars we have an ensuite double with hot water shower, balcony and superb view - Orchid guesthouse. Wow. Vang Vieng is a backpackers paradise (but maybe not normal people like us!) with lots of loud pizza restaurants, pubs, ...

... the light was getting dim and I wasn’t able to get a good picture to truly reflex its beauty. We headed for a 2 day orchid trekking with a French tour guide Lulu.  She moved to Laos 9 years ago to work on an orchid farm with her brother.  ...