callao

if you like discos theres one at Mercure Hotel (old novotel) , 1/2 block up LP rd from there is Future disco, and Marina disco with bowling alley is further up the street, Meena disco is on the same road as Khop Chai Dou bar about 2 km downstream on the left and Romeo disco is another 1 km on the right, Sornedith Club is a disco with more Gays and ladyboys, look on a hobo map for Sornedith Hotel, but all these places require some sort of transportation as they are not walking distance from downtown, maybe Novotel and Future are, the other bars I mentioned are all in the same area and easily walkable

Don Chan Palace (Luna Disco) is not open anymore

lots of hotels and GH's around the Orchid GH area, as for entertainment and are on foot, typical pub crawl is 3 bars in the area Khop Chai Dou bar next to the fountain is more of a restaurant but has Lao girls there playing pool and listening to the live but sedate music there, Samlo bar is on the same street as KCD upsteam (north) about 4 blocks, same side of the street across from Mixay temple, if you walk you'll get hit up by the couple of the streetwalkers there, pass on that, Samlo is a pub bar with soccer etc on TV and a pool table, girls hang here as well, then walk towards the Mekong from Samlo turn right at the riverfront (Fa Ngum rd) next door to Intercity hotel is Bor Pen Nyang bar, this this the most popular bar in town, and is more crowded the later you go, gotta walk up 4 flights of stairs to the rooftop, but lots of falangs and Lao girls there, the thing you must remember is some hotels will not allow you to bring a Lao girl to your room (Lang Xang hotel) Orchid guesthouse is OK but can't comment on which other ones do or don't, theres other bars as well along Fa Ngum rd, Galaxy has live music, Tex mex, Red Mekong, cluster of bars behind the Mercure Hotel (old Novotel) are popular too

I just checked and their site IS up and running checked sept 18 and it quoted me $91.91

_{I flew Lao Central VTE BKK in march and it was 695,000 kip bought at their booth at VTE airport, direct to Swampy, added it up and don't think you can get to Swampy and cheaper by air, plus you save about 4 hrs of travel time, I looked for a Lao Central booth at BKK and couldn't find one, but someone told me you can buy at the check in counter there}

Lao Central Airlines $85 BKK VTE ow

hey Factor, theres tons on luang prabang rd past the airport and Kaoleio village rd towards the northern bus station, but if you ask me they are all overpriced and under maintained, every used Korean truck or Starex van I looked at had bald tires and black oil, and a average price of $11000, my GFs brother bought one and it was DOA in 2 yrs, I'm moving to VTE for good in september and have decided to buy a Wuling Chinese 4dr pickup brand new for $8500, GM china product, gotta last longer than any used vehicle for the same price, or check the adds posted at the 2 minimarts downtown for a car a falang has and needs to sell, good luck on the house and I PM you about it the other day, Callao

"“due to distraction, the co-pilot touched the auto pilot disconnect button momentarily. But the same was connected back.”"

auto pilot disengage switch requires pulling up and out to disengage, not just hitting a button

maybe distracted by the flight attendent

Nok Air cancelled my flight from Udon to Bangkok, with insurance, while I'm in Laos, tried to email them, full mailbox, twice, 3 phone calls, stuck on hold till I hungup, finally got an email to them ,no response and I ended up flying direct to BKK on Lao central so when I get to BKK, no Nok Air booth at BKK, so they just burned me for the ticket, no nothing, and I;m back in the states so yeah why bother when you can't even get a response from them

I understand there is a way to get a 1 year multiple entry visa for Laos, monthly visa fee times 12, save room in your passport

Here in California the Chinese dealership had bought space and were setting up a dealership in my town, but none of thier cars could pass the low speed crash test, so they didn't allow them to sell them in california, Wuling trucks is GM China company, saw an advertising video showing a new modern assemble plant

nothing upriver from VTE, might try Dansavanh resort on Nam Ngum lake, has a casino and golf course, the Lao zoo is close by, can hire a boat for lake cruise, it up hwy 10 about 1 1/2 hrs from VTE,

check out Centrepoint Silom right behind the Shangrila, walk to the boatdock for a river cruise, nice big rooms with kitchen and for less than $300 you could get one of thier better rooms, pool and good breakfast, robinsons and supermarket, fastfood 7 11 downstairs walk to skytrain silom route

Lao Central VTE BKK one way 700000 kip or $80 800 am flight

hot fried rice with chicken, oj coffee

Ive had it wih the getting down to Udon Thani to get to Bangkok, Lao Central flys straight to BKK for $80, add up the time and money involved specially if you're headed to or from BKK, it usually cost me about 800 baht to get from Laos to Udon and 500 baht from DM to BKK, Laos immigration is really easy too at the airport, VTE BKK 800am BKK VTE 1000am, no online booking thou you can buy at VTE airport, its never full and they serve food,

they sell chinese cars in laos resurrected the MG name, and I may buy a Wuling 4 door truck $8200 us new

I use to drink with some Thai army guys when I was stationed at Utapao in 1975 and they were just back from combat duty in the south way back then

check Metro PCS for no contract fairly cheap prepaid or monthly service in USA

No its a special feature on the cancellation refund form the China airlines CS rep told me how to do it $100 dollar fee waived on a dupicate ticket

I just had to reshedule my flight SFO BKK with China airlines booked directly thru them, if you buy a new ticket thru them then cancel the other ticket as a duplicate no fees and had my 100% credit within 2 weeks, fare was cheaper too

you'll get a much better rate of exchange changing thai baht to US$ in thailand, they might go thru your bag, long ques in LAX

I think they should do the short BKK Pattaya/ Rayong first, could have it up and running and test the system well before CM or NK ever get finished, just getting a dedicated double? track in and out of Bangkok looks like a nightmare

you can now book BKK Udon on Thai Smile's website 2050 baht

in Vientiane it should be no problem finding good fill dirt and buiilding the pad is done as you are bringing fill in so you want to buili it up 1 meter a foot at a time compacting iit by wheel rolling it with the tractor and it will tighten up good you want to have 2 ft minimum under your bottom of footing elevation and you can use a standard spread footing slab foundation VTE is much dryer than southern thailand so not as much of an issue, I start my foundation next month