Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos



Monday 29th of December 2014 and they woke me up 10 minutes before 6 and they were back 20 minutes later to make sure I was awake, this is the spirit we're looking for.

I was looking out the window at 8 thirty, 30 minutes' before pick up time. There was a van and I don't think there are so many pick-up at the hotel. So the chances are that it is my ride to Vang Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - Scandinavian Bakery - VISA run to LaosVieng and I took my bags and I left the room. If it is my driver I will go to the Scandinavian Bakery.

Or I will ate the breakfast at the hotel, I'm pretty sure it is the same guy in the reception as in the kitchen so the breakfast in for sure nothing to look forward to.

I was lucky, it was my driver. I paid 60,000 KIP for the laundry service. I gave the 2 ladies 100,000 and I told them to keep the change.

There was a Japanese couple eating breakfast when I left. I asked what they thought about the hotel. Well, they are in the same situation I am in, all the hotels are full. I stopped at a nice looking hotel on my way back home yesterday evening to buy some Diet Drinks.

When I told them that I lived a Calao Inn they told me that they thought the place had closed down. When I asked them if they had hot water they were just laughing.
- Of course, what about at the Calao Inn? They asked
- Well, it happens

I hope it is better in Vang Vieng, all hotels seems to be full and I have booked a room at the most expensive hotel available. 30 US Dollars per night. There was a dormitory for 8 US Dollars (If I Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - Scandinavian Bakery - VISA run to Laoswould have been a female) and there was a Chinese hotel for 22 US Dollars per night.

And at least the name is fancy, Riverside Garden View. Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st Hmm, thinking of it, the view, is it of the river or the “riverside garden”? I will soon find out.

I got 2 mugs of tea and a foot Scandinavian Bakery in Luang Prabanglong baguette at the Scandinavian Bakery.

The baguette was good, actually so good I asked for a second Scandinavian Bakery in Luang Prabangone. The girls looked shocked when I asked for a second foot long baguette filled with cheese and ham. And as I don't expect to come back here in a very long time I asked for a Danish for the last of my tea.

They know how to make Danish and baguette at the Scandinavian Bakery. Well, they have on shop in Vientiane as well, so who knows. I paid the 88,000 Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to LaosKIP, about 11 US Dollars and I went out to the van and driver.

We made a top at the van company for the driver to do something. I was a wee bit disappointed with the van, same as yesterday.

The ceiling is very low and it was like going in a TUK TUK in Bangkok 30 years ago. Not possible to look out. Well, you see the road and 2 meters up, but no beautiful views.

I asked the driver if we could move the seat forward back but the seat was fixed. Otherwise I Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laoswould have moved forward in order to get a view of what we're passing on the way to Vang Vieng.

But it was kind of OK if a laid down in the back, then I could see the mountain top and the surrounding scenery. And Lao is a beautiful country and we can imagine how it would have looked if they only respected their country as much as their culture. And seriously, yes, now I'm sticking out my chin again. I think that the foreign tourists coming here have more respect for the country and the world in general than the Lao people. And that's even if they are seen in a bikini or without a T-shirt.

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We stop to have a look at the view

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
The road from Luang Prabang

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

I was in the back lying down looking at the sights and I must have dozed Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st off for a few minutes. When I woke up we were above the valley we had come from and we stopped to take a few pictures. We continued our trip toward Vang Vieng and we climbed higher and higher.

We reached the top and the view were quite spectacular. The road started to go down again and there were plenty signs saying: DANGEROUS ROAD! And I was very happy that I had paid the extra for my own car. The driver was easy accessible in front of me. If his driving got out of hand I just had to reach forward to pull his ear.
Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st- DRIVE SLOW!

It was not necessary as he drove nice and slow. But imagine, saving a few buck, sitting in 50 ton Chinese made “Glorious Morning” bus plunging down these roads in 150 whit a Driver busy talking on the phone or doing a cross word. Pure foocking horror!

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We make a second stop and this is the road we're going down
I'm scared just looking at the road

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
Imagine a free fall down this road in a bus with a driver on the phone

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We make a second stop and this is the road we're going down
I'm scared just looking at the road

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We make a second stop and this is the road we're going down
I'm scared just looking at the road

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We make a second stop and this is the road we're going down
I'm scared just looking at the road

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We make a second stop and this is the road we're going down
I'm scared just looking at the road

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We're on the way again

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We're down from the hill

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
We're down from the hill

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
It was nice to be back in the rice paddies

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - VISA run to Laos
Next stop Vang Vieng

Aladdin going by bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng - Riverside Garden Bungalow - VISA run to Laos
We arrive to Riverside Garden View

We left Scandinavian Bakery a few minutes after 9 o’clock and I got out of the car at Riverside Garden View at 13 thirty. I was told it was a 6 hour drive to get here and we had made it in 4 and a half. And we had been driving slowly and we had made some stops for pictures.

But arriving to Vang Vieng, it was not a disappointment, but I had expected a small village and we arrived to a town. Not a big town, but it was definitely not a village. Well, I will soon be off to Explore Vang Viengexplore Vang Vieng. My plan is to take a trip in a hot air balloon today and then I have done everything I have planned for.

Good to put this behind me in case I find myself in the middle of a hangover. I had planned for some tubing, of course, going to Vang Vieng. But the water looks very cold. But I will ask around, we saw the trucks loaded with people and tubes on the road coming here so the tubing is definitely going on, cold water or not

And you just need to click HERE to find yourself in the middle of that adventure.



       
                  

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