Our trip to Vientiane, the capital of Laos was a very short one as we had heard nothing bad reports about the city during our travels. Most people said it was boring, ugly and nothing to do, so we arrived from Vang Vieng on the bus at midday on the 21st, and checked into a hotel for one night as we were flying to Vietnam the next morning. However, I was pleasantly suprised when we arrived. It might have helped that it was a beautiful sunny day but we both found the city to be pretty, clean and friendly. We didnt really have time to find out what there was in terms of sightseeing, but after checking into the Mixai Hotel near the river with our German friends Sarah and Martin, we went out for lunch.
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