| 1/24(Wed) | Tokyo(Narita) 9:20-Cathey Pacific Airways(CX)509-13:30 Hong Kong(Chek Lap Kok) 14:55-VietNam Airlines(VN)791-15:55 Hanoi(Noibai) 16:55-VietNam Airlines(VN)861-18:25 Vientiane(Wattay) |
| Lodging | Lane Xang / 4,000Yen (US$34) per night |
| [booking sites for you / agoda.com] | |
| The Lane Xang hotel provides free shuttle service from/to the airport. | |
| Related Sites | General Links - Asia Laos |
| My Advice |
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I'm Asia Mile's member since November 2003. So I redeemed miles on award tickets because
of a part of mileage credits would expire in this November. I could redeem
mileage credits by 35,000 miles, I was planning to fly to Hanoi.
I heard Pakse based my friend, hideya would come back to Japan in this
March, I probably go there final.
Fortunately, Indochina countries can be flown at a low price by Discovery Air Pass, of course, I obtained it.
In CX 509 to Hong Kong, I chatted with Kiyoe who treks around the world,
and Eriko who is Kiyoe's traveling companion.
I met them first time and asked where they were going, and then they answered
going to Macau for sightseeing. "After coming back from Macau, I'm
planning to go to Chirripo in Costa Rica" added Kiyoe.
She is energetic traveler and I had a good time in flight. Unfortunately,
my destination was neither Hong Kong nor Macau.
I arrived Vientiane via Hong Kong and Hanoi.
I didn't need to obtain a tourist visa because Laos exempts Japanese from visa requirements for short-term stays since January 1th, 2007.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese officials in Hanoi asked me about Lao visa, I answered
"visa on arrival" to her question.
Because I thought that she didn't understand new Lao visa requirement for
Japanese.
I arrived the hotel, and then I went to one of Mekong riverside restaurants
in spite of after dark.
The restaurant's master can speak Japanese as well as English, I ordered
Beer Lao, pingkai (grilled chicken) and fried rice, which cost me only
41,0000K (approximately US$4.5).
So he suggested eating hot pot to me as well as my neighbors, I regreted
ordering fried rice because of look delicious.
| 1/25(Thu) | Vientiane(Wattay) 7:30-Lao Airlines(QV)301-8:45 Pakse visit of Wat Phu |
| Lodging | homestay at my friend's house |
| Major expense(s) | Airport Tax for Domestic: 10,000K=US$1 songthaew / Pakse airport-downtown: US$3 tuktuk hired / visit of Wat Phu: US$40 admission fee / Wat Phu: 30,000K=US$3 |
| Related Sites | General Links - Asia Laos See map of Champasak Province, Pakse Environs and Pakse Town as a JPEG, also PDF Map of Champasak Town and Wat Phu Complex Layout (PDF) |
| My Advice |
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