prices

Can someone post some recent prices for typical purchases in LP such as (but not limited to):

day trips (caves, waterfalls, ';city'; tour

guides

food

drinks: coffee, beer

accomodation prices seem to be well covered in recent posts so no need to post these.

BTW do prices vsry much depending on time of year and do frangs typcially have to pay more?

thanks

prices

Depends where you buy them. There is a big diffeence between buying things in a 4/5 star hotel and a beer bar or mini mart.

Same with coffee - big difference if you buy it at Joma or at a local lao noodle soup shop. In all of the above mentioned places you pay the same as Laos people.

prices

Hi - recent prices (in US as you may be unfamiliar with kip)are:

cave trip - US$20-25 for the full boat (half day)

waterfall trips (2 of them)- US$15 return tuktuk plus $2 entry

Guide - don%26#39;t know

Food - On the main tourist streets around the river, from $5 to $20 a restaurant meal, or $2 BBQ chicken %26amp; rice from a stall near the post office,for example. Away from the tourist area you pay real Laos prices, $1 noodle soup, $1 fried rice, $2 pad kapao %26amp; rice etc.

Coffee - 50 cents in a local place, or maybe $2 in some tourist restaurants

Beer (660ml) under $1 in local place, nearly $2 in tourist bars/restaurants

Hotels %26amp; guest houses - rates go up in high season in many places, but not all. I%26#39;m there pretty much every month and my regular place is $7 April-Nov and $15 Dec-March, for example. Most basic places with aircon start at $20, with a river view $50 and upwards. On the cheap side, there is a narrow street near the post office with several GH%26#39;s offering clean but small $6 rooms with bathroom.

thanks for these responses