We've reached the capital. Ah, it feels good to relax. That's all we've been doing actually. We were very lucky to find a brand new Hotel offering promotional rates which were too good to turn down! For $25 a night, we got this:

Pretty nice, huh? We sometimes pay $25 for a standard guesthouse double.

I've been hit with some kind of stomach bug the past week or so, which is a real shame because Vientiane boasts some amazing French and Italian restaurants. Watching Ketan eat was as close as I got :( A restaurant called Le Vendome does the *best* pepper steak we've heard - I hate missing out!

So we've only done a bit of sightseeing, but this included going to the Laos' national monument called Pha That Luang. It was gorgeous..

We got the tuk-tuk driver to take us there and to Patuxai, which is like Laos' version of the Arc de Triumphe - pretty cool!

So, you can see I've gone photo-mad because I've been able to put the trekking/Vientiane photos up on Flickr. Enjoy.