Woke up this morning to discover the incredible bruising I had sustained from yesterday’s tubing adventure – no wonder I couldn’t sleep!
We were thinking of staying another day but when Grahame went to inquire about getting the room for an extra night he was told that the cabins were booked out but we could stay in the hotel section for double the price. We decided that was a sign to get moving – seeing as we would have to pack up anyway so we walked into town to get breakfast and a bus ticket south. Back at the guesthouse we boarded the mini-bus – we had booked the VIP coach but apparently that was full due to overbooking so they crammed 12 of us onto a dilapidated mini-bus and we set off for the windy trip through the mountains to Vientiane. The trip was pretty uneventful – just travelled through numerous small villages on the side of the cliffs and arrived at the bus station about 6km from central Vientiane. Of course the tuk-tuks were ready & waiting to get us into town so we hopped on one of these and were immediately accosted by a hotel sales rep on arrival in the city centre.
We checked out a couple of dodgy guesthouses before settling on a recently renovated room with a good bathroom and TV just a couple of streets back from the river. Vientiane is very small so you can walk around easily. Checked out an Italian place for tea – pasta and red wine although Grahame was still hung-over and not up to sampling the local vino!
Khampiane Hotel, Rue Hengbounnoy, Vientiane Wi-Fi, TV $23 US
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