We arrived to Vientiane with a clear preconception: It is an ugly city and without more. And as always happens ... we are wrong! We would not say that it is the prettiest city in Southeast Asia, but we have found ourselves very comfortable. So backpackers traveling to Laos ... don't miss Vientiane!
The sunsets that Vientiane has given us have been unforgettable, and very funny have been the walks on the shore of the great Mekong where we have crossed dozens and dozens of people of all ages doing all kinds of sports: young people who play football, skating girls, grandparents running, bike races and even have aerobics classes for only 30 cents an hour ... and very busy!
With a bike we have approached the Patuxai, the triumphal arch and the national monument, although the latter has not convinced us much. But the best thing has been to get lost with the bike through the narrowest streets of the center and live the true Vientiane full of street vendors, children playing, monks praying and cleaning their temples. In one of them Rober even participated in the bets of some monks on their weight and height where the judge was a mobile balance of the most original! It was funny to see when the paper came out of the balance with the result and the monks compared it and chose which of them had the best tipin! And I will always remember the exquisite soup of dumplings that I have eaten in a most authentic Chinese restaurant! MMM
How anecdote tell you that the padlock of Rober's bike got locked, and had to catch a tuk tuk tuk to return to the hotel ... yes, as soon as the guy at the reception touched the bike, it came back as new ... hehe what does not happen to us!
After 3 days in the capital of Laos we head to one of the most curious destinations of our trip ... we go to the cave of Kong Lor! But this we already tell you in the next episode ...
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Transport. How to get to Vientiane?
From Vang Vieng we catch minibus for 50,000k, which in about 4 hours arrived in the center of Vientiane.
Accommodation. Where to sleep in Vientiane?
We stayed at the Youth Inn 1, for 60,000 a night, we DO NOT advise it because in the end we realized that the thousands of bites we had were not from mosquitoes but from bugs that were in bed brrrrr
