I hated the south. I didnt really see a lot cos I was travelling hard to get to the north. Vientiane didnt impress me with a lot to see, half the places were closed cos it was a holiday. Most of the problem was the time of year. Being a holiday and that stupid throwing water. For 4 days it was hell. Everytime you got changed and went outside "splash" and you had to walk around soaking wet again.
Vang Vieng is a party town. Full of doof doof music and ****** kids. I will leave that to the pommy gap year kids.
Luoang Phrabang I loved. I had a bit of time here to look around and interact with the locals. I dont think the place is special but I still loved it.
North of L.P. is stunning. Driving through the small villages and the vista's are special. This area is more about the journey than the places. I would like to spend more time up here.
All the hotels I stayed in were in the $5-$10 range, except one, and they were pretty good value for money.
The food was brilliant. Meat on a stick everywhere. Lots of different types of meat and fish all BBQ on a stick. It doesnt get better than that.
I noticed the flies were bad, more that anywhere else in the world. I think they were nearly as bad as they are in Australia. I also noticed a lack of birds. Even when I was in the jungle there were no birds. I dont know why it is just something I noticed.
The Lao people treat their country like a tip. There is rubbish everywhere. Along the side of the road it is worse than Australia. I was shocked at the amount of rubbish that went out the window of the busses.
Laos is dirt cheap to travel. I think I only spent $200 in the 9 days I was there. Everything is cheap.