Vientiane

The Vientiane airport is less than 10 minutes from the centre of the city.  The 2 main ways to get there are via taxi or tuk tukAt both the international and domestic terminals there is a taxi counter.  Here you prepay your journey and are assigned a driver.  The standard rates to the … [Read more...] about Vientiane Airport (Wattay Airport) to the city

The journey into town takes about 20 -30 minutes depending on traffic etc. If you want to see your journey Hobomaps have good maps of Vientiane. http://hobomaps.com/VientianeRegionMap.html This worth checking out. Starting from the bottom left map (ref LT309 ) is the train station in Nong Khai from … [Read more...] about Friendship Bridge into Vientiane

Silk and other textiles are a very good buy in Vientiane.  Work from other parts of the country are also available here.For small items – purses, simple scarves, the best place to buy is the morning market.  The prices are lower than the established shops in the shopping areas.  … [Read more...] about Vientiane Silk and Cotton Stores

Downtown Vientiane has a wide range of dining options from budget to expensive, from local Lao to French.  Having a steady expat population means that restaurants need to have a good quality to keep them coming back and this is a very good thing.View Vientiane Dining in a larger mapLao … [Read more...] about Dining Options in Vientiane

A visit to Vientiane is a slow down in pace.  A quiet capital, Vientiane rewards the visitor who slows down and just enjoys what is going on around them.  There are a number of places to visit, but equally important is sitting and watching the locals go about their business.You can print a … [Read more...] about Vientiane– top 10 places to visit