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( 020 210 0002; Ban Kong Lo; r with/without air-con 100,000/60,000K; )
This Swiss-
style accommodation, on the main road to Kong Lo and at the beginning of the village,
has 15 cool and well-kept rooms with doubles and twins, plus a dorm that sleeps five
people (180,000K). There's a DVD lounge and a small cafe, and the owners are friendly.
Temperamental wi-fi.
Auberges Sala Hinboun
( 041 212 445;
www.salalao.com
;
r incl breakfast US$23-29; )
Ten kilometres north of Ban
Kong Lo, Sala Hinboun has 12 guacamole-green, homely wood cabanas on stilts. Rooms
have gypsy-chic curtains, rattan floors, balconies and comfy beds. The ones facing the
river are the largest (US$29), while the smaller ones (US$25) are decent, too. The restaur-
ant has fried fish, roast chicken or even spit-roasted piglet (450,000K).
GUESTHOUSE
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Getting There & Away
From Tha Khaek there's a daily 8am and 9am departure for Ban Khoun Kham (50,000K).
Alternatively there's a direct daily bus to Kong Lo from Tha Khaek's Talat Phetmany at
7am (80,000K). All transport along Rte 8 stops at Ban Khoun Kham. If you're coming
from Vientiane hop off at Vieng Kham and continue by
sŏrngtăaou
(25,000K, 7am to
7pm) to Ban Khoun Kham.
Buses for Vientiane (75,000K) usually stop between 7am and 10.30am. For Tha Khaek
(75,000K, three hours, 143km), there are a couple of buses in the morning; for Lak Sao
take any passing bus or
sŏrngtăaou
(25,000K).
From Ban Khoun Kham to Ban Kong Lo, it's a 20-minute journey by scooter or
sŏrngtăaou
(25,000K); they leave at 10am, 12.30pm and 3pm. Headed the other way,
from Ban Kong Lo to Ban Khoun Kham,
sŏrngtăaou
depart at 6.30am, 8am and 11am.
Lak Sao
054 / POP 31,400
Deep in logging territory, with trucks rumbling over the Vietnamese border to Vinh, Lak
Sao sits in the shadow of handsome karst formations. The town isn't much to look at, but
thanks to it being on the Loop and en route to Tham Kong Lo, it's now enjoying a few
more passing visitors.
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