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5 Feb 2009

Thawee Guesthouse, Vientiane, Laos

Hotel Room

LAK170,000
17°58'4.87"N 102°36'12.24"E

1 Room

Free Coffee in Morning

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As the Avalon refused to budge on price and give us a discount for a long stay, we decided they must have plenty of business and didn't need ours - several other people were checking out the same day and by having a sneaky look at the reservations page for the rest of the week they were only expecting 4 doubles and 1 single.

Peter found the Thawee whilst out walking and checked it out. Although not as shiny and new as the Avalon, it's certainly clean and well maintained. Bathrooms seem to be undergoing upgrading as and when there are no guests - not very often. I've heard a lot of stories about room reservations being given away when a physical guest (as opposed to a 'in writing' guest) turns up. Don't know if that happens here - to be honest, they seem too nice to do it, but I'd advise getting here early. The Thawee is often full. Rooms are good with a nice powerful shower, a small fridge, air con and a fan; opening windows negated the need for both, although there were no fly screens in our room. There were several types of room, some without windows, some small, but we had one on the front with a big balcony we shared with the only other room on the front.

Internet access was so cheap it was almost free and on CABLE not Wi-FI. Woo-Hoo! (I don't think it's available in all rooms, check if you need it).

The furnishings didn't seem to be that old, and the bed and pillows were comfortable. There was a writing desk and chair and two not so comfortable solid wood chairs, as well as plenty of storage space. Again there was a plethora of channels on the Satellite or cable TV, seemingly the same as at the Avalon

There's a nice, cosy friendly atmosphere here, helped immensely by the staff who go out of their way to assist or find out the answers to stupid questions, and there seems to be an endless supply of free coffee - be warned though, it's STRONG.

I have absolutely no doubt that we will return here, Vientiane is a great place to do visa/border runs from Thailand, and I don't think we could possibly do better in terms of value for money. There's even a cheap gym around the corner for Peter to grunt and pull faces under the guise of exercising

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