@MeMock: No problem. You actually called attention to the post, which got me to adding a little more so that it wasn’t information sparse! Sometimes I don’t explain myself enough and that creates reader confusion. Haven’t heard of Lax Sao. Your hotel looks like a cute mansion– such a lovely find and at a great price! Gotta love Laos like that.

I could have sworn that it read 5,000 kip – I think I need new glasses! Anyway – $5 for a room for the night is pretty good anyway you look at it although $25 is more my budget when in Vientianne as I am too old to share rooms anymore! A place I spend a lot of time out in the country of Laos is Lax Sao and it has a great little hotel where for about $6 I can get my own room and bathroom. Here is a review I did on it. http://www.memock.com/2011/02/21/souriya-hotel-lak-sao-laos/

@MeMock: Glad to hear you love Vietiane. Your correction is duly noted, although I said 50,000 kip vs. 5,000kip, so depending on exchange rates it could be 70 cents to you. Yes, Pringles exist in many parts of the world, BUT have different flavors according to continent or country taste- Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Laos.. Maybe you haven’t noticed that.

It’s like the distinction between McDonalds in India vs. U.S vs. Korea…..

@Karisa: Apparently, baguettes are one of Laos’s “things”. So they’re not uncommon. Luang Prabang has a daily outdoor market, which sells baguette sandwiches. I haven’t tried them… (My diet tries to avoid taking in too many carbs. ha ha..) But their smoothies are grand. 😉

@Minnie: Thanks for stopping by! Laos is a beautiful and very gentle country to travel. The countryside is gorgeous and won my heart more than the larger cities. I’ll be uploading more photos. 😉
@Laura: At first glance, sometimes beauty is hard to see. I think holding a camera has helped me find and appreciate the beauty of things more– I have to look further to find things to shoot. I have a post that I’ll be putting up, of a town which didn’t seem to lend itself as a great tourist/sightseeing spot. But when I used that day as a photo day, it pushed me to find the beauty of it… which was the people and lifestyle of the town. I feel like it’s the everyday, banal beauty that we often forget to see.