Considering where I was this was such a pleasurable experience. First class service. They could arrange it all - cars, tour, and activities or leave me on my on to do so. I had them arranged a private car for me for dinner and the next day for a trip to the waterfalls – so nice. The staff gave me a recommendation to eat at the Tamarind which was my favorite meal of our trip to Bangkok, Saigon and here. I stayed on the 2nd floor, room 21 I believe, which was really nice. The walk-in shower was so good especially since I don’t like bathtub showers. The AC worked perfectly with the remote control. Breakfast was very good and the setting was especially pleasant. They brought me as much coffee and cream as I wanted! I only talked to the French lady who was the manger of the place on the 3rd morning when I was leaving. She was so interesting, I believe she was originally from Normandy and has been in Laos for 18 years. I wish I had talked to her the first day and I highly recommend you seek her out on your first day.
On and the mosquitos. I was there during the rainy season in October but I got sunburned as we had beautiful sunny weather with no mosquitos whatsoever. When I arrived, I asked about mosquitos in the room and was worried but I was so glad that this was a non-issue.