Vientiane Travel Blogs

I woke up at 6 AM and went to the balcony of the guesthouse. My jaws dropped, I couldn’t believe what I saw. It was a beautiful morning where all the rock hills were covered by fog. I ran back to my room and grabbed my obsolete camera. After taking a couple of pictures, I spent time for awhile en…

We've just arrived in Vientiane! No, actually, we had lunch here already (and the fried frogs were so tempting to eat!). And we have also walked around the area of this city for a while not knowing where to go really and can not be bothered to look up on our Lonely Planet book that s…

I went downstairs for breakfast and the rest of my group was already there, sitting in the "VIP Room". It seemed like we were the only guests there, so maybe that's what made us VIPs. A waiter asked me what I wanted to drink and I replied, "big coffee" and gestured with my hands. There were alr…

On the flip of a coin I decided to exit Laos and head to Ko Chang with it's beautiful beaches and jungle. I sacrificed southern Laos, although there was only really the southern tip that appealed to me. I may revisit the area at some point, but now it's back to Bangkok and scams aplenty. After a fe…

Most of the tourists don’t like the Lao capital Vientiane at all and use it only as a stopover on their way to Vang Vieng or Luang Prabang. I mean, it’s for sure not an amazing city, but there are definitely at least some spots worth a visit. Me and my friends Pavel and Sergej had another reaso…

The thought of having only one day to explore the entire captial city of Laos stressed me for a while... til I stepped out of the grotto that is my hotel and checked out the map and the 'main street' and realised I was probably going to be done by lunchtime! It is the most laidback, UN-bustling ca…

Still unsure about Vientiane, I was glad my Dad had arranged a tour for us today which will hopefully put my uncertainty to rest. It was 8am and we were on the back of yet another Tut-tut heading off into the unknown, literally as my Dad failed to let us in on where we were going. He likes to do th…

There's something strangely provincial about Vientiane. Strolling the tranquil city centre streets, even during the rush hour, is far from the "smoking 40 fags simultaneously" experience you are treated to in the other capitals of South East Asia. Vienti…

Dominic and I ventured to Vientiane more out of necessity to get to the south than a preferred destination.  The city was surprisingly urban by South East Asian standards and was quite nice but there was not a whole lot to do.  BEcause of lack of options we went to Patuaxi, the wannabe Ar…

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia) We arrived into Vientiane off the sleeper bus from Pakse around 6.30am. We caught a tuk tuk into the centre and the first thing to strike me, was how it seemed nothing like a capital city. It had a small town feel about i…

I spent my last evening in Laos beside the Mekong with Lao Beer and watch the sun set ... only to be interrupted by: Women selling dried squid which they would warm over the coals for you (yummy with beer), and  The tap-tap-tap of spoons against semi-hatched eggs by the young couple sittin…

I braced for potential impact and my mind is like "Dang, this is it!"..It was rainy when my Air Asia flight touched down at Udon Thani airport , Thailand, the alternative airport to enter Vientiane, capital of magnificient Laos. I love airplanes, and I read about flights, landings, c…

The van dropped us off at the bus terminal and we went to check the timetable. The first one leaves at 13:30 and the second at 16:30. "What time is it?", Wayne asked. I said 13:30. Let's go! Then a bus conductor waved at us and told us to get on the bus! Neither of us wanted to wait until 16:30 for…

Today's choice for breakfast was pretty hilarious, you could either pick 'Fried egg', which came with bread, jam and fruit, or 'French Breakfast' which was the same without the egg! Mieke had been sick last night but fortunately nothing serious. She was feeling a bit off today but would recover wel…

I really like arriving by train, though that's not something you can do when travelling to Vientiane as the railway stops at the Thai border, though it does look like it will be very soon open all the way to Vientiane.  It's not just the journey by train which is great, lots of space to move a…