Vientiane Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We got dropped off at Vientiane bus station just after 6:00am, despite Raj's bus buddy who does the journey every other week reassuring him that the bus never gets in before 7. Early morning arrivals do have their benefits and we were rewarded with a beautiful sunrise heading into town, and the opportunity to watch monks receiving alms alon...

La capital de Laos no es el lloc mes bonic del pais, pero hi acabo passant gairebe tres dies per resoldre el meu visat a Vietnam i poder agafar l'autocar que m'ha de dur fins a Hanoi, la capital de Vietnam, en un sofert viatge de 24 hores. Em passo els dies visitant mes temples (com si no n'hagues tingut prou amb Luang Prabang), fruint dels mass...

Vientiane was probably a bit of a low point in my trip so far. In two months, I haven't had a single day of feeling down to alone, but it had to happen at some point. I arrived in Vientiane excited to be in a place that has a "city" feel to it. It's still very Lao-like and chilled out (not much traffic), but it feels like a very classy city. To ...

Ensimmäisenä aamuna Vang Viengissa heräsimme vesisateeseen. Koko aamupäiva satoi vettä. Sade loppui puolenpäivän jalkeen, vaikka ilma ei siitä juurikaan kirkastunnut. Oli muuten ensimmäinen sadepäivä tämän reissun aikana. Meillä oli hyvää aikaa etsiä uutta majapaikkaa, koska Bungaloweja ei ollut vapaana kuin kahdeksi yöksi. Pyörimme ympäri kaupu...

D** Empfang am Bust**minal von Udon Thani war mal wied** d** gleiche wie an den meisten and**en in Thailand (wobei Grenzstaedte imm** noch ein bisschen schlimm** sind). Man guckt aus dem Bus und sieht schon Horden von Tuk-Tuk Fahr**n und ominoesen Schlepp**n auf den Bus zulaufen. Also heisst es **stmal seinen Rucksack zu retten und dann klarzuma...

Today we went on a bicycle ride of the city, I had a pink Hello Kitty bike which matched my top, I looked hot!!! First stop was Si Saket the oldest temple in Vientiane and the only one to survive the destruction of the city by the Siamese in 1828, it is quite run down with lot's of broken Buddhas, but still very pretty. Next we rode to "Patuxai"...

Well this month saw the beginning of the Vientiane Home School Co-op, Ourselves along with 6 other families have organised to join together in the education of our children. So starting on the 25th of August we now have 18 children ranging from 2 to 15 years old being educated in our home. It has been a real blessing to all the families involved...

After a few days, we had seen enough of Vang Viang's debauchery and tube centric frolicking so decided to seek refuge in the (we hoped) more cosmopolitan capital city Vientiane (it was a good thing that we left when we did, as apparently the whole town was flooded a few days later, meaning that tubing was off limits - shock horror!). Vientiane w...

HE SAID: We were a little sad to leave our first house stay and to venture on with our excursion to Laos. We arrived at the bus stop in Udon Thani to discover that there were no tourists anywhere. Very strange. We didn't have our Laos visas yet and so we couldn't take the direct bus into Laos. We had to take a bus to town that is next to the bor...

The peoples democratic republic of Laos (which, as you can tell from the name, is a communist dictatorship) is a beautiful country. The cities are pretty, if backward, and the hills and jungles are spectacular. The downside is that the roads and facilities are pretty basic. Taking taxis or going to the toilet can be uncomfortable. The group I cr...