"Vientiane - the capital city of Laos" Vientiane by LotusV8
Vientiane Travel Guide: 857 reviews and 1,615 photos
This is the landmark of Vientiane, a 46 m high concrete construction, it was never finished because different problems (war etc...) made the people take care of other issues than building monuments and the lack of money ofcourse.
When we visited Vientiane it was the dry season but it was raining heavily and only 10´ C!! - I wonder how it is during the wet season!
Vientiane is very quiet and the people are very friendly, maybe the most friendly in Southeastasia, they speak in a quiet way, almoust like whispering.
Vientiane was a very strange experience and absolutley a place to visit.
You don´t need to stay more than 2-3 days - then You have seen all of the town.
It is a very poor country, the average income is about 300 $ in a Year.
Vientiane has many beautiful tempels, and You can easily see them all by foot, like most of the things in town.
It was quite fun to see beautiful decorated toilets at the restaurants.
Look at the towel in the right bottom corner - it´s a doll!
Remember to bring toiletpaper, it´s ofthen stolen.
- Pros:Wonderful and very strange, calm and sleeapy
- Cons:Not much to do, see or buy
- In a nutshell:I´m happy that i spent a few days here!
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Comments (11)
Nice page and some great tips! Have saved some for our next trip!
Hej Per! Wonderful page on Vietiane. I really want to go to Laos, maybe in 2008. When will you visit exotic Finland? Grattis på din födelsedag!
Great page, I really want to get back to see more of SE Aisia
I hope to go there one day. For the time being it's been nice to read your impressions.
Glad you enjoyed my views. Looks like you had a great time despite the odd weather for that time of year. Too bad you didn't make it to Veng Viang. Maybe just another good reason to go back.
Glad you enjoyed Vientiane as well. It's definitely a strange and fascinating city. You have a lot of great info and pics on this page.
Great page Per! Thanks for showing a bit of this unknown country to me! Beautiful temples, but brrr.... it's cold overthere! ;-)
Great page! I just read a book that was set in Laos, quite an interesting place!
Nice Laos Page. Ooh,... by the way!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Nice to read about your recent trip. Wonderful tips and travelogues. I will visit your other pages soon. .
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