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Laos Visa Run by Salty

Posted by salty | Blog, Laos, Reader Submissions, Trip Report | Posted on August 1st, 2010

It’s been a while since I last posted here and having just returned from Laos I thought it time to put pen to paper.

It has been a bit of a dry time for the last few weeks, but that is another story, and with a visa run coming up I thought it might be nice to meet someone other than a ladyboy (definitely not on my list of things to do) while I am away in Laos.

Naaa.  For your enjoyment and my ridicule I will tell all now.

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Return to Vientiane by ratchada

Posted by ratchada | Blog, Laos, Reader Submissions, Trip Report | Posted on February 8th, 2010

I had the opportunity to visit Vientiane for two nights on my recent six-week Thailand vacation extravaganza; here’s a brief trip report.

It had been a while since I had visited Vientiane…a year, in fact. Used to go 2-3 times a year when I lived in Bangkok; visa runs, work-related, to visit a close Lao friend I have there.  And actually when you consider the nature of two of my 2008 visits (I brought “sand to the beach” for two of them), I hadn’t been there alone and on the town since waaaay back in Jan. 2008, so until last week it had been a good two years since I hit the bars.

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Some More on Vientiane Night Life by Salty

Posted by salty | Blog, Laos, Reader Submissions, Trip Report | Posted on December 10th, 2009

I have just returned from a Visa run to Laos, the usual 1 night in Vientiane and the overnight bus trips to and fro to get a new tourist visa to extend the time I can reside in LOS.

There has not been much posted here about the nightlife in Vientiane so here is what I did for amusement while I was there.

I started off in the late afternoon at a place called Tex Mex which is located on the road running along the river.  Quai Fa Ngum I think it is called.  This is a good place to sit outside and watch the passing parade of expats and tourists and locals.  I made the acquaintance of 2 local girls while I consumed a couple of large bottles of my favourite Beer Lao and was invited to join them at another bar nearby. The three of us motored off very unsteadily on a motorbike to a place called Red Mekong.

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