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Region: Northern Laos> Province: Luang Nam Tha> Location: Muang Sing
Muang Sing Guesthouse
Small but clean rooms, friendly owners
Tel: (081) 212 375
Description
Tucked behind an imposing wooden Tai Lue house is the more conventional-looking concrete Muang Sing. Rooms are small, but pretty clean and well looked after, with a fan and mosquito net. Some have bathrooms, with a bucket flush western toilet and a cold bucket wash shower. Each guest gets a large thermos of boiled water each day for a warm wash. Other rooms have no bathroom but access to shared squat toilets lit by candles at night and a cold bucket wash shower.
The guesthouse rents bicycles - 10,000 kip for decent street bikes or 15,000 kip per day for mountain bikes, and motorbikes for $10 per day, which is 6.00am to 7.00pm. Cars can be hired with the price dependant on where you want to go. The Muang Sing Guesthouse also has internet facilities.
Total rooms: 13
Dbl fan share b'room
2 USD (low season)
2 USD (high season)
Dbl fan private b'room
3 USD (low season)
3 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 28th September, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 27th October, 2004
Guest feedback
good place - No rating given
By wanderingcat ( total comments: 2 
) Stayed here 12/2006
now has electricity & hot showers. rooms & bedding are clean, & rooms can be padlocked from the outside. no sign of internet, but plenty of info in Korean & Japanese. rooftop has view of Wat Sing Jai & the town & is good for stargazing at night.
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