Riverview Bungalows & GH

Accès uniquement par bateau. La route étant souvent impraticable même en 4/4… Nous n’avons pas pu profiter de notre réservation payée d’avance et non remboursée, car une fois arrivé à Nong Khiaw, il nous a été impossible d’atteindre par téléphone les gérants du guesthouse : personne ne décrochait (on nous a dit après coup : panne d’électricité et du réseau mobile de ce village uniquement ?!?!)… Je le redis à nouveau : L’accès à ce lieu se fait uniquement en bateau (!!!) Nous avons dû trouver en urgence un autre guesthouse :/ Je n’avais jamais vécu cela avant au cours de mes nombreux voyages… Décus… Oui, mais le village est très paisible.

ห้องพักสะอาด เหมาะสมกับราคา ที่นอนนุ่มจนยุบตัวไปหน่อยทำให้ในกลางยุบเกินไปเป็นหลุมนุ่มเกินไป แต่เงียบสงบดี โดยรวมดีครับ เจ้าของน่ารัก friendly มาก แนะนำทุกอย่างทั้งการท่องเที่ยวและอาหารการกิน

예약치소함

The room’s are great, but the owner treats everything as a potential sale to try and squeeze more money, seems the village dislike her because she makes a scene when she discovers you have bought anything from the village that she doesn’t own. Muang Ngoi is very charming however, despite her efforts.

We booked for 1 night via a booking engine while heading north up the river. Reviews on there said it was next to the boat dock- it’s actually a ＜10 min walk along the village street. We were shown to a room in a modern block set slightly back from the river front bungalows. It was on the 1st floor so had a river and Mountain View over the bungalow roofs and a shared balcony rather than a private one in the bungalows. Not sure why others off our boat got a bungalow- there was only one type of room available on the booking engine and they used the same as us. Maybe as we were staying only 1 night? The room was a good size, clean and had a comfy bed. No need for the fan as it was chilly at night in late January. The hot water worked if you didn’t turn it on fully. The walls were quite thin so you could hear neighbours coughing etc. In general the room was ok but a little expensive for Laos. The owners (European and local) speak good English which is unusual for Laos but they seemed a little distracted (they own a few businesses in the village). In summary, it was clean and comfy enough but for rural Laos $15 would have been a fairer price.

Great location but missing the basics, ie clean sheets (I didn’t want to have to ask again), and soap. My room also had a missing connection from the tap to the wall which was fixed when I asked.