No, no... no hotel.

The hotel offer was for my nephew and his wife, but he's going to be floating around SE Asia until Mar 31st (work is seasonal), so I convinced him to wait it out until Vientiane when we have a nicer house. Right now, we don't even have a sofa. We had one, but the dogs ruined it, and never bothered buying a new one, because we wouldn't use it anyway. We do have a TV, but no idea if it works, as hasn't been turned on in ages.

Best for him to wait until Vientiane, when we have a nice house, proper Western kitchen, etc. If I'm really lucky, and get my way, even a swimming pool in the backyard.