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We arrived back at the train station early in the morning where we took a taxi back to Bamboo hotel, which unfortunately was closed. We waited for 45minutes before finally someone opened the front door. That day we went  to Hao Lao Prison: better known as “Hanoi Hilton”. Its original purpose was to function as [...]

Bus to Luang Prabang The day afterwards we took the VIP bus to Luang Prabang.  We tried to book the normal bus although most people told us that the normal bus from Vientiane to Luang Prabang is not stoping here anymore. This so called VIP bus broke down 1 hour away from Luang Prabang. While [...]

Bus from Vientiane to Vang Vieng The next day we took a bus to Vang Vieng, a little town about 3 to 4 bus hours north from Vientiane. We booked the bus ticket through Mixay guest house – which included a free transfer to the bus. The latter was completely useless since the bus was [...]