What is the best area to stay in Suvannakhet and how far is it from the Thai consulate?

Oh the hotels are all about 800 per night. The booking.com rate doesn't include tax, so I paid 800 instead of 5 or 600 baht

The Avalon is very close, maybe a 10 minute walk. Pilgrims inn is farther, a 30 minute walk. I made a deal with the Tuktuk driver to pick me up at the hotel, wait for me to collect my passport and drive me to the bridge for 150 baht. There was a drunk and belligerent guy in front of me arguing with the consulate worker, so it took 20 minutes to collect instead of 1 minute.