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rooms. There is a small bar-restaurant with an open-pit barbecue and occasional guitar
strum-alongs. Owner Mr Keo runs excellent tours to the jars, as well as specialised trips.

Nice Guesthouse
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( 061-312454; [e-mail] ; r 80,000-110,000K; ) With fresh and fragrant rooms,
clean bathrooms and firm beds, Nice shows no signs of ageing just yet. Chinese lanterns
cast a ruby glow into the chilled night and upstairs rooms include a bathtub.

GUESTHOUSE $

White Orchid Guesthouse
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( 061-312403; r incl breakfast 80,000-200,000K; ) The menthol-green walls include clean
en suite bathrooms and welcome blankets. The higher you ascend, the higher the price and
better the views. Free pick-up from airport or bus station.

GUESTHOUSE $

Auberge de la Plaine des Jarres
( 030 517 0282; www.plainedesjarres.com ; r US$50-60; ) Hillside elevation, Scotch pines
and Swiss-style wooden interiors give these inviting all-wood cabins an incongruously
alpine feel. There's a great French and Lao restaurant with a nightly fire and some panor-
amic vistas over the town. Rooms show signs of age, but there are oodles of charm. It's a
10-minute drive from town.

CABINS $$

Phouviengkham Resort
( 061-213417; [e-mail] ; r US$65- 85) Tasteful Phouviengkham sits panoram-
ically above town on an isolated hilltop and has spacious, stylish rooms with Lao cotton
bedspreads and bamboo furnishings.

HOTEL $$

Eating
Wild matsutake mushrooms (hét wâi) and fermented swallows (nok ąan dorng) are local
specialities. Try the fresh food market MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 6am-5pm) . In case you want to
avoid an unpleasant surprise, several Vietnamese restaurants serve dog (thit chó) .

Bamboozle Restaurant & Bar
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INTERNATIONAL $