(I love France & I do think Paris is one of the most romantic cities in the world. And if you say the French people are stuck up or you don't like Paris, then you've never been there!)

Making the whole place seem even more like Paris, there's a French/Laotian conference going on now so the city’s crowded with hundreds of French businessmen... & what girl doesn't love the flirty French men!

And the city itself has tons of amazing French restaurants plus every other international option such as a Spanish Tapas bar (one of my favorites!) & Australian steakhouse serving crocodile & ostrich.

And I've totally blown my budget in the quality shops here. Unlike countries with an export industry 3xs the size, the clothes here have an attention to detail normally only see in the better western shops.

But what really makes this seem like a little Paris is the imitation Arc De Triomphe which sits in the center of a huge boulevard lined with French style street lamps. The monument’s information placket is one of the funniest I've ever read... it actually calls the thing an unimpressive concrete monster!! Love the honesty! And this is good... the thing was built with concrete "donated" for a new airstrip by the US during it's secret war here... go ahead & call it an ugly concrete monster - I'll still say it was a better use of that concrete!