Novotel Vientiane

... capital of Laos.  A vehicle from the Novotel welcomed us at the airport and withing minutes we reached to the hotel. Novotel in Vientiane is situated in a very good place and one can easily walk to the city center. In front of the hotel, there ...

... . Don't you think they would put a warning sign up or something? I mean, you're in the goddamn shower. So my time in Vientiane was when I really stopped caring about trying to live like a "true" backpacker. Like I said before, I decided to ditch it. ...

We opted for another minibus to take us the 150km to Vientiane. A frustrating start to the journey ensued once again, as we were dropped at the bus station - only return to town to pick up others, then back to the station, then back to town to get more, ...

... another bus across the Mekong to the Lao border.  We got a taxi from the border which took us into the Capital, Vientiane.  OMG, The Lao imported both russian cars and driving styles.  Since it was raining and the windshield wipers on the ...

... and dancing.. very beautiful but funny as a dog kept roaming through the theatre distracting us. Life is very different here. Now in Vientiane and have had a look around but as there is little to do, resting and catching up is the name of the game. It's ...

... all our fellow travellers were pounding the hot and dusty temple trail, Lia and I tucked into a three hour luxurious Sunday Brunch at Novotel beside the pool the use of which was included along with steam bath and sauna for 9 bucks. We spent the whole day ...

... , aber leider muss man das Bett teilen. Ich hatte Gluck und als Bettnachbar einen symphatischen Englaender. In Vientiane schlenderte ich zum Novotel, um dort einzuchecken. Denn meine Schwester Barbara hat dort gebucht. Ich wurde sogar ins Zimmer gelassen ...

... von Laos gelandet. Bereits am Flughafen in Bangkok hatte ich einen Schweizer getroffen, der ebenfalls mit dem Flieger nach Vientiane. Im Flieger hatte ich fuer diesen Stundenflug einen Fensterplatz. Der Flughafen in Bangkok ist sehr gross, das ging eine ...

... a day or two in Nong Khai...soaking up the life along the Mekong River...then crossing into Laos to check out the sleepy capital, Vientiane. But after our first day in Nong Khai we found it a bit too sleepy, and a tick uninteresting. So we looked into ...