Lao Orchid Hotel Vientiane

... 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 ...

... PDR Traveling Down the Me Kong in a Kayak Everyone (Neil, Brad/Esther, Sarah, Mary and I) had to make their way to Vientiane, the capital of Lao, in order to split off onto our various travel paths.  For Brad, Esther and me, it would be a sad end of ...

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 ...

18th Jan 2009 Depart Vang Vieng and arrive in Vientiane We caught the 10am bus to Vientiane and arrived at 2.30pm - although Laura and Zoe nearly didn't make the bus due to some last minute shopping. However all was well and we all arrived ...

... 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 exploring the ...

... . He was very interesting and has worked all over the place and is now the exec chef at one of the fancier places in Vientiane. Made for a very interesting and enjoyable evening. Trouble was i still had to get back to the guset house - and then i still ...

... 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 ...

... trained army and which side the govenments took in the cold war what really separates someone who lives in Hanoi from Vientiane? Does a Hmong women consider herself Vietnamese or Thai, or does she just consider herself Hmong and that ...

Well here we are in Lao, Vientiane the capital. After the longest day of my life with a 9 hour flight to Bangkok and a 6 hour stopover at Bangkok airport, we managed to get our visa and thru customs in Laos with no problems. Apart from the massive ...

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We've just finished up a long stay in Vang Vieng. It's a small town about halfway between Vientiane and Luang Prabang. The bus trip up was good, the usual delay in starting, but we arrived after 3 1/2 hours so we had plenty of time to find somewhere to ...

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 ...

Teresa and I took a minibus to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. After almost getting into multiple accidents because the drivers are insane and like trying to overtake cars while on turns driving on mountains, we finally arrived. I had heard mixed things ...

A 9 hour bus journey took us from Luang Prabang to the capital of Vientiane, where we swapped quaint for samey and had little aim other than to celebrate Ruta's final evening before flying out the next afternoon. Chugging into town in a tuk tuk we cruised ...

... 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 ...

... and then put it back together).  Ray was impress with how solid the French Pier built 100 years ago. We flew to Vientiane, the capital of Laos and stayed at Haysok Guest House – a Chinese owned hotel by with some imposing teak wood ...

... expected, Mike and I were determined to enjoy our surroundings.  The second day we checked out of the Amphone Hotel and set off for the Vang Vieng Orchid.  (Three dollars had been cheap, but the bedspread looked as if it had never ...

... left the windows open, so they got us new stuff which was awesome...but still no power. It was off for 2 days!!! We left for Vientiane just as the lights were coming back on.  Crazy crazy! We only stayed in Vientiane for 2 nights. It is the capital ...