When we arrived in the Vientiane, some other tourists helped us find the area with cheap guesthouses. After we settled on one, we spent the rest of the evening at the Blue Banana eating and using the free internet. The next day we walked around the city and then spent the afternoon with the Oldhams, a service missionary couple. We went to a concert of one of the members, and then they took us out for smoothies and helped us find some treats for our 24 hour bus ride to Hanoi. We had some money that we needed to use before we left Laos, so we ended the day with a wonderful massage. The lady was really nice and extra careful with my knees.