Vientiane Stories


Capital City... or is it a town?

Vientiane is the smallest capital city I've ever visited, it's much more like a town... This isn't necessarily a bad thing because you can walk everywhere and see pretty much everything in about two days! There isn't actually that much to see in Vientiane, plenty of temples of course but we're still a bit temple'd out. They have a Lao version of the ...


Vientiane

We arrived in Vientiane after a night train from Bangkok. The train was 2 hours late to the border so it was ealy afternoon when we had finally reached Vientiane and found a guesthouse. We had limited time in Laos so, after taking the advice of other travellers - including Karen's dad, we (Ross) were determined to get cracking and do Vientiane in one ...


Easy like Sunday Morning

Laos After the first three countries Laos was like a quiet Sunday afternoon. Less traffic, less aggressive commerce and a whole lot of nothing going on. The capital city was one of the quietess that I have ever been to and there downtown area was small, clean and organized. The complete opposite of some of its SE Asian counterparts. Got sick as a dog...


A Lone Ranger Once More

It was difficult to find a reason to do so, but eventually Luke and I departed idyllic Muang Ngoi and headed south for the world heritage listed city of Luang Prabang. Set on a peninsula where the Nam Khan flows into the Mekong, Luang Prabang is overshadowed on all sides by misty, green mountains and dotted with many Buddhist wat (temples) in varying s...