Villa Champa

... we found some lovely guest houses and it seemed, the more 'up market’ end of town!  On a corner we also found the Villa Champa. We looked at a room and it was perfect, with a balcony to sit and people watch, wifi for Ron and tv!!! What more ...

... but if you say no they accept it and move on. We found a great little guest house right in the middle of town called Villa Champa. Champa is the national flower of Laos. It has only been open since February 2008 and is run by a very nice young family ...

... . Day 85 - 17/05/08 After feeling so ill after the boat journey yesterday decided to check into a really beautiful French villa called Villa Champa. My room had A/C, a massive balcony, TV with BBC world, hot shower, fridge, free internet, the list goes ...

... now our eldest child - he's 24 years old. They are both of the Mong hilltribe people and both worked at the Villa Champa Guesthouse (where we stayed). They quickly adopted Norm and I as their 'Canadian' parents as we were spending time with ...

... !). Cocoon resort looked lovely but unfortunately was fully booked, as were several others in that area but ended up at the charming Champa Lao Villa. Right in the heart of the town it was perfect for tubing, bars and had a lovely breakfast in a place ...

... a few episodes of Friends.   The following morning we woke up at 9 and changed our accommodation to a twin room at Champa Lao Bungalows. At 11 we headed to the tubing company and signed up for a day on the river. The tuk tuk started us ...

... you are going to smoke when you light one. Hair, hash, rubber, oil, well, heck, once I lit one and smelled Nag Champa. After many tries, our determined taxi driver stopped once more in sight of the spice plantation we had been searching for. We told ...

... 've eaten some superb food and ordered some bespoke clothes and have just now been to see the ancient ruins of My Son, an area of Champa temples which are older than Angkor Wat. Having left the pool due to what turned out to be some sort of party for the ...

A daytrip to My Son, the old kingdom of Champa. The biggest ancient place in Vietnam with some ruins in the middle of the jungle. ...

... cemented walkways and crossing rivers using bamboo bridges before reaching the ruins site. We were invited to watch a short Champa dance performance. The dancers were dressed in Champa costumes and lady dancers balanced what looked like flower pots on ...

... .The visionary was King Suryavarman II (1112 - 1152) who created a powerful Khmer Kingdom defeating the Champa in what is now Central Vietnam, extending his empire into Northern Thailand, Burma and parts of Malaysia. ...

... 8211; good job I bought a torch before we came away like a good little boy scout! We moved the next day to a place called Champa Lao Villa which was right next to "party island". The first day here we wanted to get a feel for the place so as is becoming ...

Once the ever interesting journey to Vang Viang was finished we all decided (after checking in) to have a quick bite to eat before getting a pre-party started on the boys balcony. Then it was off to the before famous 'Bucket Bar'...the ...

Boat trip down Nam Ou - more details to ...