Today was the last day in Luang Prabang and onward to Vietiane (V-town), the capital of Laos, hopefully leaving our dodgy stomachs behind. 

Most of our flights are in the afternoon, so a nice leisurely breakfast before getting the taxi to the airport. It was at this point where the quality of the airport started to shine through.

Firstly our luggage of measured on a set of scales, rather than the conveyor belt. Then our boarding pass was clearly a receipt. 

We got through without any issues and onward to, our surprise, a lounge. I think calling it a lounge was generous. The only difference between it and the rest of the airport was more drinks and cushions on the seats.

When we got on the plane, it was clearly not the best. Tiny plane with propellers. The last one like this hadn't been too bad, but this one was clearly a bit older. The flight itself wasn't all bad, and was only 30 minutes. The landing was a pretty ropey; we seemed to descend very quickly into Vientiane and at one point the plane was shaking side-to-side, which I don't think we've had before. But we are both alive and hopefully that is the worst flight we will have.

I had arranged for the hotel to pick us up, was basically the same price as a taxi and meant we didn't have to deal with trying to explain where we wanted to go, so we were greeted with a sign with our name on it (fancy). The hotel is quite nice, but in a bit of a weird area for a hotel. Doesn't seem in a touristy area, but it is quite near to airport. 

We were a lot earlier than we thought we would be as the flight was so short, so decided to head into Vientiane city centre and get a feel for the place, which was about a 30 minute walk from the hotel. It's quite a small city, but looks like there are a few bits to explore around. 

We stopped at a little street food place for some food. It's really weird, the cheaper option of things we want seem to always be sold out, very odd. It was nice though, Hannah ordered Pho Bia (or something) and I had duck fried rice (they didn't have the cheaper option of just fried rice... weird that with the same ingredients... eye roll). Not the best street food we've had.

We headed back walking along the Mekong and came across the nightmarket here. Again, pretty much the same 5 shops just repeated. There does seem to be a few cool looking places along the river though, including a restaurant on a old boat and a four storey bar! Also the world's tiniest Ferris Wheel. I'm sure we will back to do some more exploring.