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Lao People's Democratic Republic/Don Không Round the world trip 2008
2-5-08
A lot has happened in the past several days. We took a lovely air conditioned VIP bus to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. Art’s saddle sores were not improving so drastic measures needed to be taken: Off the bike for several weeks!!
We arrived to a city with no vacancies in most of the guest houses or hotel rooms! After hours of looking we settled on a terrible place and diligently set out to find an apartment to rent. We managed to set up an appointment for 9:30 the next morning with Toi, a lovely landlady, who picked us up in her Mercedes and took us to view a one bedroom apartment in a building of eight apartments complete with swimming pool and a grand 100 year old traditional Lao house serving as office and storage building. At $500 p/m we took it and after Toi dropped us off at our miserable guest house we packed and were back at our new home within an hour!
We are beginning to get settled here. We have located a good bike shop, most of the grocery stores that stock western items, and the location of the Hash House Harrier runs! Now we are meeting locals, learning of things to see and do. We will need to extend our Laos visa and to acquire a visa for China while we spend time here. We also have credit card issues again, so we can settle that out during our long stay. This is going to be a great holiday spot!
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A lot has happened in the past several days. We took a lovely air conditioned VIP bus to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. Art’s saddle sores were not improving so drastic measures needed to be taken: Off the bike for several weeks!!
We arrived to a city with no vacancies in most of the guest houses or hotel rooms! After hours of looking we settled on a terrible place and diligently set out to find an apartment to rent. We managed to set up an appointment for 9:30 the next morning with Toi, a lovely landlady, who picked us up in her Mercedes and took us to view a one bedroom apartment in a building of eight apartments complete with swimming pool and a grand 100 year old traditional Lao house serving as office and storage building. At $500 p/m we took it and after Toi dropped us off at our miserable guest house we packed and were back at our new home within an hour!
We are beginning to get settled here. We have located a good bike shop, most of the grocery stores that stock western items, and the location of the Hash House Harrier runs! Now we are meeting locals, learning of things to see and do. We will need to extend our Laos visa and to acquire a visa for China while we spend time here. We also have credit card issues again, so we can settle that out during our long stay. This is going to be a great holiday spot!
