Chilly Christmas in VTE
It's been a bit on the chilly side in Vientiane for the last three weeks. Even though it's technically the cool season, temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees below normal.…
Getting from Vientiane to Udon Thani
This is not really a post, rather a storing of information for us to refer back to. And it maybe useful to someone else searching for shuttle information – at…
That Luang Festival
In the years we have been here we had never been to the annual That Luang festival – and finally this year we made it and very much enjoyed it.…
Andrew is flat out
Our mode of transport in Vientiane is the bicycle – every day it takes us to town or to the market. Andrew has mastered the road rules - mainly because…
August in Vientiane (& other places)
August was a messy sort of month. Originally Andrew was supposed to go to Burma when we got back from Borneo, but that got deferred. So, with a bit of…
Just living in Vientiane
Life has been routine here in VTE. Get up go to work and going out biking at the weekend doesn’t sound scintillating. But it has been a really enjoyable time. …