ah okay, thanks for explaining. I never had any intention to do that, I'm going to Vientiane but all I wanted to know was how many days I'd get. Yvonne's comment confused me. Questions answered, thanks.
although this sign IS advertising the ground floor one! Wow how confusing. There were people at both but more at the ground floor one so I went there. Both look identical though. If this is a scam, how is it allowed??