Our flight was at 10am so we got to the
airport about 8am. It was quite a small airport and we were able to check in
straight away. We went through to the other side and our choice for breakfast
was rice, noodles etc, ice cream or a sandwich, so we went for the last option.
Not really what I wanted but I did want something and it seemed the most
logical option. I did end up buying an ice cream before 9am though… it just
looked so good!
We had a propeller plane and it was
probably the smallest plane I’ve ever been on (minus the skydiving ones). It
was great though, only about 8 passengers on board, we got given a ‘light
snack’ and the pilot called the one woman his cabin crew, wouldn’t class one
person as a crew. The flight was about an hour to Pakse and we left about half
an hour earlier than scheduled. I hope my luck with planes continues! We then
sat in Pakse for a couple of hours and sorted out our Laos visa, which was
super easy and took no time at all. We then got on another plane (probably the
same one), which took us to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. The belt your bags
come out of was one straight line about 5m long… such a terrible system. Our
bags were last of course. We then jumped in a taxi to take us to our hostel.
Vientiane seemed very quiet and not like a city at all and our first impression
was not wrong.
Our hostel was in the middle of nowhere
and after going on a walk around we discovered Vientiane is a nothing place.
All the shops were shut or run down, we didn’t really see any other people
apart from in cars, this place was just really weird. We were going to stay 2
nights but decided to cut our loses and book a bus out of here! We went back to
the hostel for a bit and looked online for somewhere to eat. The number one on
Trip advisor was some burger/Mexican place called ‘Rays Grille’ and it really
did look awesome, so we went on a hunt for dinner! We eventually found it and
it was that busy we even had to wait 10minutes for a table! Once again Trip
Advisor didn’t disappoint!
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