Lotus Villa

... out over the rice paddies beyond. With its terracotta tiled roof, old wooden pillars, antique doors and almost colonial look, the villa looked like a blend of a Thai temple and an old colonial house. yet inside, we have everything we could ask for - ...

... in  Thailand.   We had researched through the Agoda website for a nice hotel in the town area before deciding on Lotus Villa, situated on a quiet stretch of road, away from the town centre and yet within comfortable walking distance from it. ...

... to experience a large number of children graduating from secondary school (about a Grade 9 equivalency in Canada). Consequently, the Lotus Villa is planning to commence a scholarship program to support the children interested in pursuing tertiary / ...

... building, so we quickly find our bags. Outside we grab a minivan that brings us to our stay for the coming nights, the Lotus Villa hotel, somewhere in downtown Luang Prabang. The Hotel is comfortable but very basic. Our room is on the second floor of ...

... could do was hurriedly organise transport to our hotel, say our hurried goodbyes and hurry off to dry out in our respective accommodations. Lotus Villa is a new hotel of 15 rooms built by an Aussie and a kiwi to the specifications of UNESCO as it sits ...

... Paris, where she works for the OECD. Who knows when or where we'll run into her next! We checked into our hotel, the Lotus Villa, before heading to the night market for dinner. We bravely decided to try one of the buffet tables, where you choose a small ...

After landing on the small airstrip we caught a motorised tuk-tuk to Lotus Villa, Luang Prabang, a UN Heritage town. We went for a walk along the nearby Mekong and were disappointed at the number of tourists. Tourists apart, the place and people are ...

... Prabang - At first we considered LP to be touristy but away from Main Street and the night Market area it was relatively quiet. Lotus Villa where we stayed was in the Heritage area where no guest houses are allowed to have more than 15 rooms. Also no ...

... Nagi was to be around 7.30am!!   I was contemplating not to go with them as we have just used our Agoda points for Lotus Villa and no cancellation can be done due to the short notice but Argi was of the view that we should go with the Nagi people ...

... later rue the decision to leave so many warm clothes behind! Our flight to Luang Prabang lasted 1 hour 40 mins and we went by large tuk-tuk to our guesthouse, Lotus villa. Lotus villa is situated in the heart of the UNESCO town, close to the Mekong ...

27 Jan - Our last breakfast at Lotus villa and we caught the 0900 'VIP' bus to Vang Vieng. At 0930 we stopped for a small welding repair at a roadside blacksmith and an hour or so later the fan belt broke! We had one quick stop for lunch and finally ...

... Mekong we hailed a small boat to take us back to Luang Prabang. We had a beerlao with the guides and after a quick visit to Lotus Villa, set off for a Lao massage. (similar to the Thai massage). Later in the evening we met up with Christian and had ...

... from Luang Prabang the day as it has intended because he was informed by his men in Luang Prabang that both Argi and I were not at Lotus Villa. He then went on to say that he believed that he has been "played out" by his own men and that we should lodge ...

... next time he goes running, so that I could see what he saw even though I wasn't there with him.   With that, we ended our Fourth Day in Laos - tomorrow, we will be checking out from K&K Bungalows and checking into Lotus Villa in LP Town. ...

... apparent driving laws... I couldn't tell you which side of the road you have to drive on here... It could easily be either! The villa is awesome. It's not very big, it has two bedrooms, a middle lounge room, a bathroom and a really small kitchen with a ...

... went a little something like this: Day one: Arrived to heavy warm rain and shared a ride with a couple of Canadian teachers to Lotus Villas. Enjoyed our welcome Beer Lao on our balcony overlooking a shining Wat roof in the rain and then went for a ...