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Budget in Luang Prabang
Budget in Luang Prabang
Halolao Backpackers, basic clean rooms with fan, cold and warm water, good window mosquito nets. Staff is friendly and helpful. Free coffee and tea in the morning. Free wifi in lobby and sometimes in rooms (bad coverage). A double room with bathroom for 50,000 kip. At the intersection just before the west side of the night market, walk west, take a left turn at the second intersection. Halohalo should be on you right side about 150 meters down the road.
Cold River Guesthouse. run by a local family and you meet often a lot of travellers. It's directly on the Khan River. Off peak times, it costs 80,000 kip. Unusually, they do not accept US$. Free filtered water and bananas are available. On Saturdays they'll serve free home-cooked dinner.
Luang Prabang Backpackers Guesthouse, this clean, modern guesthouse is situated next to the Nam Khan river's motorcycle/bicycle bridge (a 10 minute walk away from the bustle of the night market). It offers very clean and comfortable dorm beds for 40,000 kip per person (this includes free breakfast and coffee). The guesthouse is run by a nice local family who, if you're lucky, will provide you with delicious Lao BBQ and Lao whisky now and then. Free WIFI, cable TV and filtered water is also included.
Levady Guesthouse - in a lovely side street 50 m off the main street. Super nice family, wooden rooms and floor, bike rental, absolutely tidy. Double rooms with fan and private bathroom US$7, long term discounts on request.
Merry Guesthouse. has rooms for US$3 with bathroom outside. Free filtered water and bananas are available. Not so merry though, the options further down the alley (Cold River and Sysomphone) are more appealing.
Soutikkone Guest House. Central location near the night market and an Indian Restaurant. Large, clean rooms with a very hot shower, good Western-style toilet, and proper mosquito netting on the windows/door. Very nice wooden floorboards as well. The staff speak English. As of January, 2009, rooms are quoted at 120,000 kip, but they'll come down to 100,000 kip right away if you ask. Same discount on laundry service just by asking.
Sysomphone Guesthouse. (+856-71) 252-543 Located in Banvisoun 22/4 street, off Vatmou-Enna road. Have a good view of Nam Khan River behind the guesthouse and is just around 10min by walk to Sisavangvong Road. Very friendly and helpful family/owner. Free bananas and water. Owner has good information, prepares free dinner once a week for guests, has sticky rice if you stumble across dinner, collects traveller's photographs in an album and willingly share things he knows about the Lao people or the country if you ask. The owner fulfils his social responsibility by buying stationeries for students living in the outskirt (about 30-40km out of town), travelling there about once to thrice a month depending on voluntary donations made by generous guests - notices are sticked in a couple of corners in the guesthouse. Guests can visit the students. Rooms with shared hot-water bathrooms 40000 - 50000 kip. A newer, cleaner building in the back has fresher rooms for 70000 kip.
Vilay Vanh Guest House Located in Village Aphay, entrance signposted opposite Vat Aham, or follow the signs for Utopia, which are very plentiful and regularly posted down the same small alleyway. Double with air-con 120,000 kip, Triple with fan 100,000 kip, reliable WiFi, good beds, free coffee, clean rooms with nice decor and friendly owner. It is located near Utopia restaurant and bar, and is close walking distance to Wat Visoun and the night entertainment district.
VannaPhone Guest House located 10 minutes away from the airport and about 4 minutes from the city. Ranging from $US10-$US15 (depending on what room you choose). Ok sized rooms with kind of small bathrooms. Noisy if you choose the rooms located close to the street but if you choose one of the new backrooms it is OK.
Vong Champa Guesthouse. centrally located in a small alley on the Mekong riverfront near the night market, cheap (double 80,000 kip), quiet, brand new and spotless clean. Watch out though, as the owners have tried to charge multiple guests for an extra night on different occasions. Ensure that your date is properly recorded in the guestbook. This seems to be a common tactic in Laos, and shouldn't keep you from staying here.
Vongphachanh Guesthouse, in a sidestreet off Wisunalat Rd near Wat Wisunalat. Nicely decorated clean rooms at a decent price, free wifi, pretty quiet.
Wat That Guest House & Mala Dressmaker . This is a traditional Lao style home which has 3 rooms upstairs all with self contained bathrooms, Free WiFi and drinking water. 50,000 -120,000 kip per room per night, depending on season and number of people. Washing, coffee and basic breakfast is also available. There is a dress shop in front where you can have clothes repaired or made. Located close to the Mekong river and short walk to the night markets. This very friendly lady likes to practice her English so even if she has no room then drop in and say hello. 2/15 Wat That Road. Ph: (+856-71) 254-859 and (+856-20) 5567 1180.
Xayana Guesthouse and X³ Capsule Hotel, . Guesthouse in a Lao-style villa in the protected zone. Dorms from $US4 or 30,000 Kip, rooms from $US8. The dorms are very clean with bathroom/showers inside. Movies are shown in the evening. Extra services are quite expensive. (valuable storage in safety box for 20,000 Kip, laundry service 18,000 Kip. There are cheaper laundry services nearby though.)
Somjith Guesthouse, ☎ (856-71) 252 756; (856-20) 7777 4883 ( ). clean room, attached or shared bathroom, fan or A/C, free wifi (but a bit unreliable sometimes), laundry service 8,000 Kip/kg starts at 50,000 Kip s/d. �
Meunena Backpacker Hostel, .Just after the bridge which crosses to the old part of town, on your right. Dorms for 30,000 kip, staying more than 4 days will be 25,000 kip. Lockers, free WiFi, Laowisky, coffee, tea and bananas. Ph: (+856-71) 260-851, email: -James [email protected]
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