Wednesday 21 November 2012

From Vang Vieng to Vientiane


18th November 2012

Today was our last morning in Vang Vieng which I was actually quite sad about. When we arrived I wasn't fussed on the place but there was quite a lot to do and in case you didn't know, the view from our hotel was pretty perfect! But the show must go on so we went and met our fellow Stray travellers. We were ready to set off when we realised that once again Stray had got their math wrong. There were eleven of us, including the guide and driver, but were were all about to pile in to an eight seater bus! Stray hadn't booked two passengers on the bus so we waited around until another bus could be sent. Despite being a pain, it's pretty unorganised and has only lessened my opinion of Stray. Eventually we got on a bus and headed towards Vientiane, stopping at some local caves for a quick look around.





As we had left later than anticipated, which meant that we didn't arrive in Vientiane until much later, meaning that all the temples and museums were closed and our Stray guide couldn't take us on our free city tour... Apparently we'll be going on one tomorrow but with the way things have been going, that would be a miracle! In an attempt to at least see some of the city Rory and I took a walk around. It was actually quite nice. Some places looked like home, or at least similar to a city at home but then you'd see people kneeling and offering prayers or trying to sell street food and baggy clothes!




After a day of feeling pretty rough we decided to get a pizza and eat it in our hotel room while watching one of the English channels – HBO which actually has some really good films, including Captain America which I happily watched while Rory snored his way through it! All in all I haven't minded Vientiane, I just wish we could have had a better chance to explore it!  


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