Laos Hotels

... to travel in the region. Perhaps to Sri Lanka, Phillipines, Indonesia etc etc. As with my last trip; I shall stay in hostels as far as possible, but to start with I have booked myself into a couple of hotels to ease myself into the travel mode.

... a 2 hour stretch of red gravel road, we didn’t see any other tourists. This was a great opportunity to see rural Laos at its least touched. We stopped at a local market where they were selling such items as frogs, squirrels, various types of birds, ...

... ) Vietnam - Mui Ne Mui Ne was a strange place. Eleven kilometers of beach and resorts. There was no town to speak of, just hotels lining the one road that ran parallel to the beach. If you are a beach lover, this is definitely a nice place to ...

... (say-pi-yan) National Protected area.  All in all, after walking in the humid rain with our packs, touring several hotels and talking with both Green Discovery and the Lao Tourism board we found a nice French colonial looking hotel with a balcony, ...

... Cambodia und 29 Jahre alt. Wir waren eine super Gruppe und hatten viel Spass zusammen. wir hatten immer super Hotels und private Minibusdriver, Taxis, Overnight Trians oder Fluege /  private Boote zur Fortbewegung. Dafuer war ich aber auch ...

... learn! after breakfast, we did some laundry, went for a short walk by the mekong river, looked at the monstrous high-rise hotels that stretched along the length of the river and stopped for another fruitshake. that afternoon we read! in the evening we had ...

... problems we'd encountered in Luang Prabang, I'd made some reservations for us in Vientiane. I'd actually made reservations at two different hotels and let Konrad and Marianne pick where they wanted to stay. They opted for the cheaper of the two options ...

... to watch the world go by. Laos is relaxed country and they don't hassle you. It just has a good feel about it. When entering shops/hotels etc you have to remove your shoes at the door. It is impolite to touch someones head or to point your feet at people, ...

... . The Mekong River had burst its banks and had flooded the road we needed to take. There were police and army everywhere, houses, hotels and restaurant were under water and there was no way we were getting to the Buddha Park. So we went to the National ...

... of Laos, and the French connection was immediately evident, however new glass and steel high rise developments (office towers and hotels) are starting to augment the existing structures. Genia was genius in finding our way around this city so much ...

... bamboo bungalows. I was unfortunately told that a Danish Company had bought the full area and is going to build there some luxury hotels. What a pity! Furthermore from Railey East Beach you can reach in a ten minutes walk one of the best Thai beach: Pra ...

... ; He asked what our plans were for South Africa.  After relating our details, he told us we couldn’t have picked better hotels, sites and ideas, which was nice to hear, as we were “going in blind” having never been there.  He ...

... in the Nam Song River, surrounded by jungle and magnificent bluff rocks.   Vang Vieng is a complete village of bars, hotels, internet cafe's and adventure-travel wallahs.      We bumped into a friend from Bangkok who'd just ...

... The Mall Bangkapi.Depart for Australia Strengths: The boat trip (on a private boat) is a great and relaxing trip. The hotels were all good.Luang Prabang is an easy place to give the group some freedom. The Mall Inn and the ...

... ; The guesthouse I checked into there was a fantastic value at twenty dollars a night. It was basically better than most four star hotels you might check into in the Western world. It had all the modern amenities plus a Lao touch of polished wood floors, ...

... 1,500 and 1,600's are also located nearby along the same street and are within easy walking distance of downtown guest houses, hotels and restaurants. Mount Phu Si sits in the middle of town and also has several temples located on its slopes. It's ...

... a river. Not the Mekong...but I don't remember what it is called.  This street is full of the swanky guesthouses and hotels and again more street side restaurants. A little up the street there are some bars and art galleries. We went to one of the ...

... Asia. The bus driver conviently pulled into the courtyard of a hotel. I did have a few hotels that I intended to stay in but had no reservations, Laos is not like Thailand and Vietnam where you could ring up or email and you could book a room. ...

... , I couldn’t really understand how his city ranked so low on the list globally in terms of development. Plush looking hotels, wine bars complete with the mandatory ruddy faced gluttonous farang, health spas-all this spoke of wealth to me. And, ...

... was great fun.  We went to Champasak (an old Khmer temple ruin), saw some spectacular waterfalls, and stayed in some great hotels off the tourist beaten trail.  The highlight was playing in a waterfall with a bunch of local kids.  They had ...

... From Vang Vieng, Team Australia, Team Wales, and us all travelled to Vientiane, where we checked into luxury hotels!  After 4 months of "dodgy" accommodations, it was so nice to have a clean room, a television, and even a ...