Before leaving for Vientiane I found it really difficult to find an online map of the city. The best map for sale in Vientiane is by Hobomaps. It lists almost everything in the city and is really large. It’s obviously been written by someone who’s walked around the whole town and tried to label every building they’ve seen. There are labels like “big white house” or “carpet factory???”. Thankfully there is an online version available. The third map is probably the most readable:
Vientiane Map: http://hobomaps.com/vientianemain.htm
If you’re in Vientiane for any extended period of time I’d really recommend buying this map. You can get it from most mini marts or from Monument books. Until google maps can show Vientiane it’s your best option but right now it seems to think roads don’t exist in Laos.
August 3, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Brilliant!
August 5, 2008 at 6:31 pm
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October 16, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Crap ,
does not have an extended map of Vientiane, Just for the Package / Backpacker Tourists who stay within their lonely planet type limits. Far more to Vientiane than what you see.
Chris
October 16, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Best map of Lao is the Gecko Map 1:750000
Expensive @ $10 but the most up to date and correct road and track map, GPS compatible.
Best map of VTE, Savan, pakse , LPB now is the free one for the SEA Games ,called Map 2009, hard to find because its free !really easy to use.
Regards
Chris