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A 3-day Laos itinerary covering Vientiane, Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang: local food, temples, landscapes, Mekong cruising and cultural experiences. Hotels featured: - Mintra Hotel (Vientiane) - Amari ...
News Laos » Vientiane Province » Travel: China-Laos Railway transports 244,000 passenger trips in the first 8 months, up 50 per cent
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times-Global Times/ANN): The China-Laos Railway transported 244,000 cross-border passenger trips in the first eight months of this year, up more than 50 per cent year-on-year, ...
News Laos » Vientiane Province » Travel: Laos for backpackers: Vientiane, Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang on a slow-travel route
After graduating from university, I started my Southeast Asian backpacking trip where almost every backpacker begins: Bangkok. It was my second time in Thailand. I had first visited during a summer ...
News Laos » Vientiane Province » Travel: Sleeper Train Trip to Laos (Vientiane)
This time, I am recording my memories of the sleeper train journey from Krung Thep Aphiwat, Bangkok, Thailand, to Khamsavath, Vientiane, Laos, which opened in July 2024 (coincidentally, the same month ...
News Laos » Vientiane Province » Travel: Is This the Year Laos Breaks Through?
The Southeast Asian country has lagged behind Vietnam and Thailand when it comes to tourism. The government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists. Laos has a ...
News Laos » Vientiane Province » Travel: An empty station, a burning countryside, soot raining from the sky: This is what it's like to ride Laos' gleaming new $6 billion railway in April
Laos is one of the few remaining communist countries in the world. Some two-thirds of Laotians still live in rural communities. But a shiny new railway funded by China now cuts through the countryside ...
News Laos » Vientiane Province » Travel: Vang Vieng, Laos: From party capital to eco-adventure paradise
Like the spine of a sleeping dragon, dramatic limestone mountains rise above the luscious paddy fields of central Laos. In the middle of it all, you’ll find Vang Vieng. “Vang Vieng lies in a perfect ...