Any advice please

I would ditch some/all of the days in Vientiane and head immediately for Luang Prabang and points North.
If you want more detail ,just ask.

if you have ever been out in halifax after 10 pm on a saturday night then you have nowt to worry about old boy- enjoy yourself and have fun.

In a related note, how can one send SMS from a Thailand mobile phone (phone network: DTAC) to a Laos mobile phone number? And how can one use a Thailand mobile phone to make phone calls in Laos (Vientiane). Last time I was there I tried to use all the Laos networks which my cell phone showed after its network search (4 or 5), but none did actually work.

In a related note, do they have public phones in Vientiane for local calls, and how does one use it. Obviously, there are no coins that one could use, so how do Laotians use public phones? I would think that years ago public phones existed in Laos before everyone had a mobile(?).

In a related note, how can one send SMS from a Thailand mobile phone (phone network: DTAC) to a Laos mobile phone number? And how can one use a Thailand mobile phone to make phone calls in Laos (Vientiane). Last time I was there I tried to use all the Laos networks which my cell phone showed after its network search (4 or 5), but none did actually work.

In a related note, do they have public phones in Vientiane for local calls, and how does one use it. Obviously, there are no coins that one could use, so how do Laotians use public phones? I would think that years ago public phones existed in Laos before everyone had a mobile(?).

In a related note, how can one send SMS from a Thailand mobile phone (phone network: DTAC) to a Laos mobile phone number? And how can one use a Thailand mobile phone to make phone calls in Laos (Vientiane). Last time I was there I tried to use all the Laos networks which my cell phone showed after its network search (4 or 5), but none did actually work.

In a related note, do they have public phones in Vientiane for local calls, and how does one use it. Obviously, there are no coins that one could use, so how do Laotians use public phones? I would think that years ago public phones existed in Laos before everyone had a mobile(?).

In a related note, how can one send SMS from a Thailand mobile phone (phone network: DTAC) to a Laos mobile phone number? And how can one use a Thailand mobile phone to make phone calls in Laos (Vientiane). Last time I was there I tried to use all the Laos networks which my cell phone showed after its network search (4 or 5), but none did actually work.

In a related note, do they have public phones in Vientiane for local calls, and how does one use it. Obviously, there are no coins that one could use, so how do Laotians use public phones? I would think that years ago public phones existed in Laos before everyone had a mobile(?).