bachismo Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Going to be in Vientianne for 1 day. Anybody know of any cool places to go to during the day or at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketsiam Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 the fountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chownah Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 (edited) Eat dinner on the platforms built along the river...great fish. Go see the spikey looking Buddhist monument which is printed on all the money....forget the name...taht luang?...although its not very impressive and when you go out to see it you will go past the arch that looks like the arche de triomphe if you don't really know what the arche de triomphe looks like....nice... The day market near the bus depot...the usual.... The fountain as mentioned previously although it seems like its always off when I'm there.... Temples....lots of temples but nothing like in Luang Prabhang....the old city temple which is the first one you come to when you enter Vientienne from the bridge (I think its called Wat Muang or something like that....it was a temple before Buddhism came to those parts and behind the Buddha is the City Pillar which in prebuddhist time was said to contain the spirit of the city. Lao bag coffee is great...the french bread can be good too. Beer Lao just won second place in a Russian contest and by all reports it is very good beer but I don't drink beer so I'm only repeating rumors. I've been to Vientienne a few times and the last time I went with my wife I rented a motorcycle and took her around to all of this easily in one day...actually you can do it in half a day if you are one of those go getter tourists...I'm not too impressed with Vientienne...I've heard others say the same thing...hopefully someone out there has discovered something else and will post it so that the next time I end up there I'll have something new to do. Oh! I almost forgot, I've heard rumors of interesting things to see maybe 10 to 20 kilometers out of town but I've never checked them out...can't even remember what they were supposed to be...somehow I was never inspired enough to stick around long enough to find out. Edited July 4, 2005 by chownah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Boy Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 the three discos near Novotel are where most people go on an evening theres a few others like the chess club, but I been told the last few times I was there that its not worth bothering with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambob Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 dont forget prostitution is illegal there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markt Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Not Thailand related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Not Thailand related. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Would've been better in the travel forum me thinks.. totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprnogo Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Beer Lao is the tops. Happy memories of floating down the river in Vang Vien (3 hours outside Vientianne) on a rubber tyre, sipping lovely big bottles of the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Boy Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 dont forget prostitution is illegal there. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> its illegal in the UK aswell, do ya say that every time someone mentions england? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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