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Have you looked at the Savannakhet section of the site? Main attraction is the outlying national parks, but there's a few other minor points of interest.

I was suppose to box at that Casino (they are trying to do a Vegas immitation), but they couldn't find me an opponent.

Savanakhet has definitely had some growth.

I echo the Dao Savahn Hotel mentioned in the above post; the location is excellent and the rooms are nice.
The Bulgogi restaurants on the riverbank are ok, but nowhere near as good as the food at similar restaurants in Vientiane. There is an excellen French restaurant, whose chef used to cook at La Silapa. The food is great; this place is very close to the old Christain Church.
The casino is worth seeing, but not if Mac is boxing. There is a round trip you can make, which goes past the monkey forest, but it also goes past the monastry housing the oldest known Pali manuscripts in Laos and some of the oldest in the world and this is well worth a stop. Also visit the dinosaur museum; there are some extremely interesting exhibits there. - see my post above.

Yes, but I wouldn't want to see you get hurt, Mac.