Day 3, Tuesday - Kuala Lumpur to Vientiane

Tuesday morning, which would have been Monday night in New York, we had a buffet style breakfast in the Concorde Inn's restaurant. The breakfast was pleasantly surprising because it offered vast choices of American and Malaysian foods. It was shocking to have fried noodles for breakfast, but they tasted great and everyone agreed that the juices were superb. It seemed that the apple juice tasted different than in New York, and Jessie deemed it superior.
After eating breakfast, we took a shuttle to KLIA so that we could catch a bus to the city of Kuala Lumpur. We got off at KL central bus station and purchased sweet and sour plum candy. Dr. Andrianoff and Shiyu suggested it to Jessie because she likes sour foods. Unfortunately, the batch was not as sour as they had had in the past. After walking around the station, we went back to KLIA by bus and then took the shuttle back to the hotel to pack. After doing so, we used the shuttle one last time to return to KLIA in order to check in for our flight to Wattay, Vientiane airport. Our plane ended up opening boarding late but went as scheduled afterward. It lasted 2.5 hours and our arrival time in Vientiane was 5:25 pm. It was interesting because that time was only 1 hour later than it was at the time of take off due to the time zones since Laos is only 11 hours ahead of New York, making it one behind Malaysia.
Following our arrival at the airport, we applied for visas and were met by a hired driver that took us to the Family Hotel. From there, we walked to Joma, a western food style cafe to eat dinner. Shiyu ordered salmon and cream cheese on a bagel and a mint lemon freeze drink; both were less than delicious. However, Jessie's BLT was fantastic. Dr. Andrianoff had a Greek salad which was different because it barely had any lettuce. Once dinner was finished, we attempted to begin preparing lessons and writing the blog (this is why entries are not posted on their actual day of occurrence) but the hotel internet connection had complications so we retired to bed in our rooms.
Something notable about not only the rooms in the Family Hotel in Vientiane but also in the Concorde Inn in Kuala Lumpur is that each was equipped with electricity that could be accessed only by inserting the room's key card into a slot. We've noticed the promotion of energy conservation in each city. There were also wall murals in Vientiane supporting wildlife conservation.