Vientiane

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Geo: 17.9684, 102.6

Off to the airport for our flight to Vientiane. We considered going by bus but although the distance is not that great it basically takes 2 days and requires an overnight at a hotel. The flight takes 30 minutes.

The Capital Residence hotel is very nice but is situated in the backpacker area so restaurants and shops are pretty low end. The upside is that it is close to many of the sights and is also close to the river.

We headed out to explore the area. Stopped for a beer along the way and ended up walking through the night market as it was setting up.

We managed to get somewhat lost on the way back because it was now dark and the street signs seem to be pretty scarce. Also, the map from the hotel is pretty vague. When the staff gave us the map they had trouble locating the hotel on the map.

When we were within sight of the hotel we found a street vendor and had dinner. While there some sort of celebration seemed to be taking place on the street.

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Photos

Construction Project Next Door
Note Wood Supports

Comments

[crw]

Nice looking hotel room for one located in the backpackers area. Beer, beer, everywhere a beer. Yep, beer can be cheaper than water and as long as you disinfect the area around the bottle's mouth or hole in the can. But if you decide to sta
y and become a missionary, you got to drink the local water at some point and build up an immunity to the local bugs - providing you survive the first few waves of illness.