Laos Hot Spots?

My gfriend and I are travelling to Laos. Were going to Vientienne(the main city;not sure spelling) and we need to know the hot spots to go to. Who out there loved their Laos experience? Tell me why? Where'd u go? We're not big fans of the hectic city life, laid backness is what we have our eye on.

Cheerz,
Ian

Hmm - hot spots in Laos, wait a second, there has just been a thread on exactly that...

Right, here it is - only covers the capital, though: Wireless in Vientiane

Happy travels!

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Then you are heading to the right country

And you are also going to the right city then.

Hot Spots in the Capitol but you dont like the city life....ummm....thats kind of like saying your like to drink but dont like a glass.

Anyway-

The capitol is mainly a buzz for cafes, cuisine and nightlife, disco lao, all around the main fountain and towards the Mekong-

The Mekong Beer Lao gardens at sunset are always nice, and many better cafes are within a block or two. Disco Lao is best on a Fri-Sat night, some are just places for working girls to go for either older Lao businessmen, NGO workers, or Falangs...

Overall, the Capitol is very low key, and at 10pm, desolate.

All of Laos is one VERY BIG very quiet hot spot!!! Early to bed - early to rizzze. Get lost for a month &&&&&...

Laid-back is what you are after then Vientiane is perfect. Rent a bike…exploring Wat, cafes, colonial mansions, Mekong riverfront (Fa Ngum Road), open market, Buddha Park, That Luang and Patuxai (small Arc de Triomphe of Laos). And end of day a good massage no happy ending.

A few months ago, the hottest 'hot spot' in Vientiane was the club at the Don Chan Palace Hotel, at least for the younger, relatively well-off Lao.

A new club opened up on the Tha Duea Road out by the clock tower (misnomer if I've ever heard one, the clock is about 2 meters off the ground in a roundabout) and it was deemed even more chic because they didn't have parking for motorbikes. I don't remember the name.

I wasn't much into the club scene, such as it was, so I didn't spend much time at either.

D12 is behind the Novotel, and behind Marina Bowl is another club, but the clientele at both tend to be quite young.

On Setthathirath road, opposite the Khop Jai Du, you will find the Jazzy Brick, a laid back bar that attracts well-off locals, expats, and some tourists. Opposite Le Terrasse on one of the roads between the river and Setthathirath is the relatively new Chicago Bar.

A bit more downscale is the Bo Pen Yang on the 3rd floor of a building along the river just past the Inter Hotel, but the last time I was there there were quite a few working girls there.

Even more downscale, and more to my liking, The Sunset Bar -- follow the river past the Mekong River Commission and the Beau Rivage hotel. It's the last stilted bar before the road turns inland a bit. Not exactly a 'hot spot', but a great place to watch the trees and dead cows/water buffalo float by in the high water as you drink your beer and watch the sun go down.

Always nice to pull up a plastic chair at one of the many little spots along the river in front of Fa Ngum.

Sticky fingers is a gathering spot for tourists. The bartender named Nam makes a good vodka tonic (which, judging from some other vodka tonics I had in Laos seems to be quite difficult).

My info is about 3 months old as I left Laos in March.

Vientiane is as close as Laos gets to a hectic city, but it's not really that hectic compared to any other Asian capital.

yep, dj phakphon is well known in laos for his hilltribe drum and bass with lao farmhouse. i only listen to his stuff but he moved to a new joint in NYC, everyone else here are sellouts!

Yeah, I couldn't keep my art pure in Laos. By the end I was spending upwards of $3 per day on a pretty self-destructive sticky rice habit.