Discover Laos

I had a memorable and fascinating trip to Lao one month ago. Ten people of us, who knew one another through a travel forum decided to realize our desire to visit Laos. We were very eager and well-prepared for the trip. It was an 6-day unguided tour of major destination in Laos including Vientiene, Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang. We set off at seven o’clock on October, 8th in Hanoi each bringing load of necessary belongings and food. When leaving Hanoi, everyone in our party were a little bit nervous, especially girls since this was the first time they come to another countries in the same region. Traveling to Laos is somehow an amazing idea as in general Vietnamese people know little about this neighboring country. We spent the whole night on the car heading for Vientian the first destination of our itinerary. We came to Vientian in the afternoon of the next day, Thursday. On the way to our hotel by tuk-tuk we came across a Vietnamese girl called My carrying a 30 kilo back-pack yet smiling all the time. She speak Laotian fluently with a perfect accent. Our whole party attacking her with questions all the way to the hotel. She make the girls of our party envious of her tattoos and earings on her nose or tip of her tongue. They dreamed of having such accessories someday to look real trendy and Westerner-like.

The tuk-tuk took us to the Youth Inn hotel where a friend of mine recommended.
It is located in the centre of the capital, very near the river Mekong and the Street Night Market is just a stone’s throw away. The Street Night Market is similar to the one stretching through Ngang Street and Dao Street in Hanoi. It run along the peaceful Mekong, which we can see Thailand on the other bank. Luckily, we visited Vientien on the occasion of the Buddha parade and and boat racing. The riverside area and all the stalled inside the market were glamorously decorated making Vientien more lively. And more and more Laotian streaming to the market and guys in our party have a perfect chance to watch beautiful Laotian girls. They all have healty dark complexion and big round eyes, gentle tiny nose that are typical of Laotian…..( to be continued)