http://www.budgetshotels.com/Asia/Laos_Hotels/Hotel bookings for any budget from cheap hotels to luxury accommodation hotel reservations Laos (pronounced /ˈlɑːoʊs/ or /ˈlaʊs/), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma (Myanmar) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century.http://vientiane.budgetshotels.comVientiane (pronounced /vjɛnˈtjɑːn/, Lao ວຽງຈັນ Viang-chan IPA: [wíaŋ tɕàn]) is the capital city of Laos, situated in the Mekong Valley. It is also Laos's largest city. The estimated population of the city is 210,000 (2008) while the number of people living in the Vientiane metropolitan area (the entire Vientiane Prefecture and parts of Vientiane Province) is believed to be over 730,000. Vientiane is located at 17°58' North, 102°36' East (17.9667, 102.6).Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:52:11 GMThttp://luangprabang.budgetshotels.comLuang Prabang, or Louangphrabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ, IPA: /luaŋ pʰabaːŋ/), is a city located in north central Laos, on the Mekong River about 425 km north of Vientiane, and the capital of Louangphrabang Province. The current population of the city is about 103,000.Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:55:16 GMT