2 Nights In Vientiane

Traveled via VIP bus (red seated laydown cushion seats with pillows) from Van Vieng to Vientiane. This trip was throw up free (thankfully), a much less windy ride and I had extra time to recover and felt quite good later on in the journey. Halfway through the trip I even had some Laos sandwhiches which were very good as I had not eaten for almost 2 days.

The big meal in Laos for the farang backpacker is the sandwhiches, ham, chicken, bacon and cheese etc, they are served on French style baget bread with all fresh incredients costing between 10 000 to 15 000 Kip ($1.25-$1.87 CAD). You see backpackers all over Laos wolfing these babies down. The other popular backpacker meal is all you can eat buffets for 20 000 to 40 000 Kip ($2.50-$5.00 CAD ). One day I saw a tatooed male backpacker in Luang Prabang eating a 4 inch tall plate of buffet cold greasy noodles. I am not sure how the local Lao seller can make a profit, it seems some backpackers save on food costs and have one huge all you can eat meal a day.