Vientiane Walk - Just A Kilometer Of Laos
"Where there's a will, there must be a way" - that was my theme-of-the-day!
Hectic! I arrived yesterday evening, party dayon. Meetings, meetups, eyeballs all day today until I left for Bangkok at 1430H. I didn't even clock 24 hours in Vientiane, Laos!
I wanted to see this city, at least part of it. That was even unacceptable said my itchy feet. But what can we do, yearend, kasosyalan (social responsibility ba!) ang theme!
I schemed!
First, the hotel. I said 'let me choose my own'. I looked for those that would be near the party venue and at least some of the must-sees in Vientiane - that I can walk to.
Second, just like I did in Hanoi (and other cities on this trip), explore as many places as possible during early-morning and evening walks, lunch or other meeting breaks.
Third, considering the conditions above, plus my usually-slow walking pace, plus the places I expected to see, limit the exploration area to just about a kilometer - radius.
That way, I was not really that far from/to the hotel, in case I needed to return ASAP.
Great itinerary? Ah eh, too ambisyotic hahaha! Me pa-radius-radius pang nalalaman, pero ang ending.., look at the blue line, yun lang ang kinaya ng powers - 1 kilometer.
Just straight in one street. From west to east (left to right). Kulang sa oras eh, but it was quite memorable! And for my irresistible body, the 2km effort was nice enough!
Oh btw (yes by the way), this was not pre-planned. I only thought about that walking itinerary (if I can call it that) early this morning when I woke up. I did not even check what was I to see or encounter on that blue line; and why I went left instead of right!
Yet I learned many things, and will even dare recommend this "walking itinerary"!
You can tweak it - like going west, or including north and south. Aw, at the end of all my stories, I'll also plot on the map, what other interesting things are in these areas!
Let us start with my next entry, so all topics won't be long to read!
Pramis!
Hectic! I arrived yesterday evening, party dayon. Meetings, meetups, eyeballs all day today until I left for Bangkok at 1430H. I didn't even clock 24 hours in Vientiane, Laos!
I wanted to see this city, at least part of it. That was even unacceptable said my itchy feet. But what can we do, yearend, kasosyalan (social responsibility ba!) ang theme!
I schemed!
First, the hotel. I said 'let me choose my own'. I looked for those that would be near the party venue and at least some of the must-sees in Vientiane - that I can walk to.
Second, just like I did in Hanoi (and other cities on this trip), explore as many places as possible during early-morning and evening walks, lunch or other meeting breaks.
Third, considering the conditions above, plus my usually-slow walking pace, plus the places I expected to see, limit the exploration area to just about a kilometer - radius.
Great itinerary? Ah eh, too ambisyotic hahaha! Me pa-radius-radius pang nalalaman, pero ang ending.., look at the blue line, yun lang ang kinaya ng powers - 1 kilometer.
Just straight in one street. From west to east (left to right). Kulang sa oras eh, but it was quite memorable! And for my irresistible body, the 2km effort was nice enough!
Oh btw (yes by the way), this was not pre-planned. I only thought about that walking itinerary (if I can call it that) early this morning when I woke up. I did not even check what was I to see or encounter on that blue line; and why I went left instead of right!
Yet I learned many things, and will even dare recommend this "walking itinerary"!
You can tweak it - like going west, or including north and south. Aw, at the end of all my stories, I'll also plot on the map, what other interesting things are in these areas!
Let us start with my next entry, so all topics won't be long to read!
Pramis!
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