The last hours before take-off
20 octobre 2019, Laos ⋅ ⛅ 27 °CSome last impressions...
Some last impressions...
I woke up way too early, so I decided to go for an early morning stroll. The weather was fantastic and so were the impressions I got of the capital of Laos. It's a place I can definately imagineEn savoir plus
I arrived just after sunset in Vientiane and was happy to see that my hotel was very close to the bus stop. Unfortunately, my booking hadn't gone through and the hotel was booked out so I was taken toEn savoir plus
I had booked my bus ticket to Vientiane at a time which allowed me to enjoy another morning with the view of the rice fields. I even managed to exercise. Then I had a hearty late breakfast in the cityEn savoir plus
I finally discovered another hidden "lagoon" - not as beautiful as the big and popular one, but at least I was on my own on the way there and also at the place itself. Once back in town, I needed toEn savoir plus
The next morning a took the boat across the river, had some extra breakfast (because the breakfast in the hotel was truely disgusting) and rented a bike. I had planned to do a tour similar to the oneEn savoir plus
The next day, I took the bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng, a little town in between L.P. and Vientiane. I had discovered this place in 2004 when it was a small village hosting a little hippiEn savoir plus
and the moon rise... The early evening is a very good time to walk down to the Mekong and enjoy a coffe, desert or a glass or wine.
Voyageur I had the exact amount of cash left to have a coffee latte and a fresh young coconut :-)