Phousi Hotel

... some artwork from street traders and generally had a much nicer day.  At around 4pm we climbed the 300 steps up to Mount Phousi and along with many others we watched the sunset over the Mekong. We climbed down, returned our bikes then after a quick ...

... you felt it even more with the sun beating down.  After we were all showered and dressed we decided to take on the trek to Phousi, which is a large hill (steep at many points) with a Wat at the top with a view of all of Luang Prabang.  You take ...

... around collecting food offerings from the town's residents, working on their good karma. He also got up to the top of the Phousi hill to see a great view of the town. Another cool thing about Luang Prabang are the donuts. They were amazing, and Phoenix ...

... place...i bid farewell to all to meet them again sometime around LP as we discover the place individually...! took a jumbo (5000 LAK) to phousi hotel...it is very near to the boat landing..though it was worth a ride...! checked in the hotel for 2 ...

... toast / coffee / omlette (35,000 LAK)...waz then quite excited and moved on to Talat Dara which is quite near to the phousi hotel..at first i walked cross it then asked someone and he pointed me out to the market that i left behind..!! Never thought it ...

Up early for the hangover run, on to the Phousi Hotel for the meet, surprisingly nearly everyone turned up, despite the long evening before. As a real stomach churner some drongoids were drinking beer at that early hour, talk about hare of the dog!! On ...

... himself and let himself out the van, one village down the road.   Back in Luang Prabang, we slip into the room at Phousi Hotel just before the rain starts. Drop off our bags and head past the night-market to get dinner at the food stalls. Halfway ...

We arrived in luang prabang after a bumpy 7 hour bus journey and checked in at phousi guesthouse. The first day we had a walk around the peninsula and took in the scenery, that night we went to the market and had a look round it was massive and we bought ...

... in the guide book but the prices were far higher than those quoted so we decided to walk through the night market to another hotel. We arrived a Phusi II and the rooms were cheap so decided to stay. It wasn’t the cleanest place I have stayed the ...

... and headed in the opposite direction.   Just across the road was the start of the endurance test that is the climb to That Phousi Temple. In the searing heat of the Laos midday sun we sweated up all 328 steps to the very top. The temple at the ...

... leisurely but I was just too excited to get out there and explore. The first thing I came across was the hill top chedi on Phousi Hill which was also the site of Vat Thammo Thayaram Pra Thatchomsi. Over 300 steps lead the way up to the top which offered ...

... , oh did I mention that we had no glass in our windows just a screen and some metal lol.  So the rain was really loud.  We were able to go to the Internet place in the morning and locate a more suitable hotel and relocate...THANK ...

... ) 15 Vientianne 16 Bus to Vang Vieng 17 Bus to Luang Prabang 18 Luang Prabang - Royal Palace, Wat Xieng Thong, Mount Phousi for sunset 19 Luang Prabang - Boat trip to Khouang Sy waterfall 20 Luang Prabang - More temples 21 Luang Prabang - ...

... .  We began by walking around the town and exploring some of the city's Wats and markets.  We climbed to the top of Phousi Hill to see the town from above as well as an aborted attempt at watching the sunset between the mountains (the clouds had other ...

... . It so deserves its world heritage site status and is like a bit of France in Asia.     I managed to climb Mount Phousi which is the 'mountain' in the centre of Luang Pabang twice. 390 steps up and 390 steps down. It was a great ...

... dung was observed on the climb down from the falls so we knew that we were not alone. The following day we climbed Mt Phousi, which is in the middle of the city, to the temple atop.  Though it was early, the heat/humidity was sweltering.  ...

... cigarette and patronise the person on the phone. Once I’d gathered up the remainders, I went to meet Jamie and Matt on Mount Phousi to see the sunset, and it was gorgeous (apart from the stupid French tripods). All of us had agreed to try dinner at ...

Day 1: Saturday 2nd Waking up at the crack of dawn (before the bloody sun rose) we met the taxi at our hotel to be transferred to the Ferry port. A ferry ride, taxi ride, plane, airport waiting time, another plane, and then another taxi later we finally ...

... Wat Phra Kaeo of Vientiane. We walked around town many times, going in and out countless wats,  climbed up Phousi Hill like everyone else to watch the sunset... We avoided all the touristy cafes and pizza places along the ...