 | Capital City... or is it a town?
2009-04-24, Vientiane, Laos. By: aimee | | 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 d... |
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 | Vientiane
2008-11-30, Vientiane, Laos. By: rossnkaren | | 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 limit... |
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 | Easy like Sunday Morning
2006-12-20, Vientiane, Laos. By: frankieboy | | 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 tha... |
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 | A Lone Ranger Once More
2008-02-21, Vientiane, Laos. By: Damo | | 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 Na... |
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 | Festival Season Begins
2008-02-11, Vientiane, Laos. By: mala | | The countries of South East Asia share a time of year rich in traditional celebrations and time-honored festivals. Independance days, Buddhist holidays, anamist rituals...even Chinese New Year.
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 | Sabaydee!!
2008-02-10, Vientiane, Laos. By: Damo | | One guidebook says that upon entering the most relaxed country in SE Asia, “travelers utter a distinct “aaah”.” This was exactly my reaction when I crossed the border into Laos, particularly since I’... |
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 | What's My Name?
2007-07-06, Vientiane, Laos. By: mashman | | There was a time, long ago, when I would explain at length, the difference between The Black Country and Birmingham, and how everyone kept getting it wrong. I gave up on this before i'd even reached ... |
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 | Vang Vieng and Vientiane
2007-07-05, Vientiane, Laos. By: mashman | | There is of course, a downside to relentless use of local buses - long, bumpy journeys with a severe lack of sleep. Heading back south from our adventures with the northern Laos hill tribes, I set a ... |
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 | next stop . . . ?
2007-04-01, Vientiane, Laos. By: tannerscot | | Vientiane has been a much needed change of pace. Everyone smiles, says hello . . . and then happily continues on their way. What's missing? Well, it took me a while to realize they weren't going to tr... |
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 | The Fairest of them All
2007-03-30, Vientiane, Laos. By: tannerscot | | I made it! . . . 24 hours later! I was actually a bit surprised things went as smoothly as they did. I'll back up though: Leaving Hanoi felt great; on the way to the bus station in the cab I new I had... |
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 | Visa stop
2007-01-28, Vientiane, Laos. By: hamsouth | | Vientiane
We spent just 1 night in this large city but that was enough for us.Our main reason of coming here was just to pick up a Cambodian visa which was alot cheaper here and ready in 1 day.We d... |
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 | Could You Live In Vientiane (Part 2 of 2)
2006-10-09, Vientiane, Laos. By: gertjonnys | | As I hope you are able to see in these short writings about Laos, it is a really cool place with a sad, difficult history.....What other things interest me about this country? 1) Third World or Least... |
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 | Could You Live in Vientiane.....(Part 1 of 2)
2006-10-01, Vientiane, Laos. By: gertjonnys | | You may find the answer in these next few writings, but it is more likely to come into full bloom over the next year. Right now, my idea of living abroad has become reality and not just a dream.....w... |
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| Local backpacker
2006-07-01, Vientiane, Laos. By: blizzyb | | My cousin which picked me up told me of horror stories. How the Lao treated the Hmong like crap, the murders and robbings.
It was around 7 pm so I asked if we could just crash at his friends place... |
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 | Vientiane
2005-11-12, Vientiane, Laos. By: graham78 | | After a night and a day of exploring the Khao San Road in Bangkok, it was time to catch our overnight train to the Thai – Laos boarder at Nong Khai. The Khao San road is nothing particularly special i... |
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 | Vientiane
2005-12-04, Vientiane, Laos. By: Exploring | | Vientiane is nice. I took a long ten hour bus ride today from Savanakhet. There's a joke in Cambodia that I think applies to Laos as well.
Q: How many Cambodians can you fit in a car?
A: One mo... |
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| Casa Guatemala Letter
2005-12-04, Vientiane, Laos. By: Exploring | | On Dec. 31, after a whirlwind tour visiting family and friends in Washington, I'm flying to Mexico City. I'll be meeting up with my friend Jolahna in Oaxaca for one month of travel in the area, then I... |
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 | The FNGs go in-country
2005-11-12, Vientiane, Laos. By: jeffhilton | | After the delights of Bangkok's Khao San Road, it was time to head north on the overnight train to the Laos capital, Vientiane.
I like Thai trains. Come to think of it, I like all non-British trai... |
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 | Surprise, I'm in Laos!!!
2005-08-02, Vientiane, Laos. By: catmo79 | | Yesterday it was rainy and I sat down with Megan and planned out the rest of my trip. All of the sudden I realized that it was time for me to go, and a few hours later with we clothes in my bag ( I wa... |
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 | Wow, Laos.
2005-11-05, Vientiane, Laos. By: day1 | | Hello from Vientiane...the quietest capital city ive ever come across.
Got the 18 hour bus from Hanoi on Thursday ngiht. They seemed to be making their way towards the border at a very fast pace so... |
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 | One last Beer Lao...
2005-10-13, Vientiane, Laos. By: roh | | For the second day we jumped in a kayak (after an hour drive) on our way south to Lao's capital, Vientiane. The river was more exciting than yesterday. There were a few mild rapids that although weren... |
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 | Time Warp
2005-02-25, Vientiane, Laos. By: arafel | | Being in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, is like going back 50 years. Even back then, I am sure Singapore was more developed than this.
Built on a bend of the sleepy Mekong river, this town is ful... |
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 | Capital city - Vientiane
2005-01-29, Vientiane, Laos. By: rande | | At the moment we are sitting in an internet café in the capital city of Laos. We arrived yesterday (Jan 29), found a guesthouse and hit the town. The city certainly does not have the big capital cit... |
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 | Cycling from le petit Arc de Triomphe in Vientiane
2004-12-19, Vientiane, Laos. By: seta76 | | Wouldn't you know it...there's a replica of the Arc de Triomphe in little Vientiane. I woke up early this morning and rented a bicycle for the day for 1000Kip. It sounds like a lot of money but it's... |
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| French influences in Vientiene
2004-12-18, Vientiane, Laos. By: seta76 | | I love Vientiene...the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos is like a small provincial village with a mixture of the French colonialism with it's socialist style buildings and rules. I... |
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| Footsteps of the Mighty Mekong
2004-12-17, Vientiane, Laos. By: seta76 | | Motorcycle taxi, boat, pickup truck, sangthew, bus, train and here i am in Laos. My moto taxi in Koh Phayam made it to the pier just as the boat was about 100 feet into the ocean. I literally missed... |
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 | arsenal and temples
2004-08-24, vientiane, Laos. By: lomotravel | | two days have gone pretty fast here, from the lazy lie ins to the strolls down to the river side, to finding a pub on my first night here and watching the arsenal game (5-3!!), going to the markets, s... |
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 | Trekking in Muang Khoa with the local teacher
2004-05-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: rachael | | After Muang Noi we made a big mistake and went to a place called Oudomxai. The place is a dump. Do not go there, even to use the internet becuase we went and there was a power cut for 2 days so no in... |
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| Trek 2 with the local teacher in Non Keow
2004-05-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: rachael | | Emil hurt his foot on the first trek so i went alone to book another one. While there i met three other people also interested in trekking so the four us went off an another (for me) 2 day trek. We ... |
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| Trek 1 in Non Keow with Mung
2004-05-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: rachael | | Here is what we have been upto for the past 2 weeks...(i am only going to include the highlights otherwise you would just get too tierd!).
To let you know so far, this is the route we have taken in... |
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| Vientianne
2004-04-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: rachael | | Hi there!
I have just written loads to paste in here (it took me 1.5 hours) and now i've deleted it by accident and i can't get it back to i am too mad at myself to sit here and write it again just... |
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 | Going to Luang Pabang
2004-04-17, Vientiane, Laos. By: eberglund | | Hello to you all!
New photos finally finally uploaded! If you check the first entries from India they should appear on that page.
We have successfully negotiated the Lao Immigration and here we ... |
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| We made it!
2004-04-16, Vientiane, Laos. By: rachael | | Now we are in LAOS!! It's nothing like what the guide book describes (but we are in the capital so i expect standards to deteriorate as soon as we leave....). The capital, Vientiane, is just like ch... |
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 | How Soon is Laos?
2003-09-05, Vientiane, Laos. By: shatner | | 5th - 7th September: Vientiane
Touch down in Laos. The flight had saved us 24 hours on a bus from
hanoi.
After several false starts regarding dodgy guest houses and hotels we found our temporar... |
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 | Lazy Meandering Mekong
2002-11-09, Vientiane, Laos. By: fatseas | | After the phrenetic nature of Thailand, sleepy Laos seems like a pleasant morning dream where you know it's a dream, but don't really want to wake.
In some ways the place is very similar to Thail... |
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 | Naked Somersaults on the Riverbank
2002-10-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: djsproule | | I realize the title of this journal may have led the Brampton readers into thinking that our good friend Greg Bechard has come to visit us in Asia. Needless to say, there is a funny story to go with ... |
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 | Two weeks in Laos, and not a single McDonalds!
2002-05-09, Vientiane, Laos. By: oncearound | | Sabaidee! (Hello in Lao)
We are still in Vientiane, and enjoying our time here. Yesterday, we spent the day chasing down an enormous gold stupa (pagoda). It would seem easy enough to find, but we... |
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 | Travelling Farting Disco
2002-01-28, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | We were waved off by the woman from the hotel (was that a hankichief fluttering in her hand?) and then went to the airport to catch a plane back to Vientienne. Though was a bit concerned that it looke... |
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 | Buddhas-ville
2002-01-24, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Wondered arround Vientianne checking out some Wats. First Wat Si Saket ... the supermarket of the Wat world, wall to wall shelves full of Buddhas of varying sizes. Monks pushing their shopping trolley... |
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 | Rolling on the river
2002-05-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: oncearound | | We started our Sunday bright and early. On the way to the bathroom, I had to sweep away the dead roach that was being cosumed by ants. Fortunately, I was able to use Sarah's toothbrush to get the jo... |
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| Big Fat Wad ... laaarveley
2002-01-23, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Went to get some kip ... the currency of Laos (what is going on ... are these lot making it up?). Now there are 13,000 kip to the pound (due to low confidence caused by ridiculously named currency). F... |
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 | Plastic chair express
2002-01-22, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | We continued our journey in another bus ... fortunately this one had proper windows and no farm animals with nervous bladders on the roof ... though it was considerably more cosy than the previous bus... |
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 | new photos
2002-03-28, Vientiane, Laos. By: sasha_shei | | hi everyone, we are back from our few days in vang vieng, should be off to Hanoi tomorrow. no big news, just hanging out, i shaved off my beard 'cause i felt like a change. shei got a shock and starte... |
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| Wats and monks
2002-01-22, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Finally we had arrived in Laos. We only spent a night in Savanaketh and then moved on to go to Vientiene. It is Laos' capital and really quite pretty. Apparantly it is the darling of the international... |
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 | WHAT !!!
2001-11-15, Vientiane, Laos. By: cpeely | | It's current joke between Pete and I that we shout this when either of us says the word Wat.. IE. Temple and believe me that after seeing 10's of them for weeks on end.. you need something to promote ... |
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