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The Two Faces of Vang Vieng

LAOS | Sun, 23 Sep 2007 | By thestunnings | Views [759]

Last time we were in Laos, we had to rush right through Vang Vieng due to that blasted water buffalo that wanted to get up-close and personal with our little trekking group. We had heard mixed reviews of the city, but it was widely understood that the ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

The Last BeerLao Days

LAOS | Fri, 17 Jul 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [285] | Comments [1]

We arrived in the capital, Vientiane, and started to wonder if we were still in Laos or if we’d been transported to France. The streets were lined with biblioteque, boulangeries, patisseries etc, There was even an Arc ... Read more >

Tags: vientiane, savanakhet, pakse, tadlo, si phan don, 4000 islands

Loas from the window of a moving bus

LAOS | Wed, 24 May 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [253] | Comments [3]

We blinked and Laos was in and out of our lives, hopefully not for good, but for this trip anyway. The bus from Hue left at 6 am and got us to the Laos border at 11:00, skipping the scheduled breakfast stop which left us a meal of "Super Peanuts"... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

LOVE TO STAY

LAOS | Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By paulmatthew | Views [183] | Comments [1]

Well Luang Prabang has turned out to be one place i would love to settle down in , and i must admit at times it has strangely felt like home . A town tucked away up in the mountains of northern Laos surrounded by jungle hosting caves to explore , elephant ... Read more >

Chiang Khong & Crossing the Border into Laos - 16th/17th May

LAOS | Mon, 18 May 2009 | By rebecca_fardoe | Views [166]

After quite a late night I got up a little bit late, around 9am, had some breakfast and met up with Shona. Shona had done a bit of investigating and thought that it might be good to go to Chiang Khong that evening so that we would be ready to cross ... Read more >

Baguettes & Boats - Entry to Indochina

LAOS | Fri, 2 Jan 2009 | By jazz81 | Views [157]

Arriving after a 13 hour night bus from Bangkok to the border town of Chiang Khong I spent my last day in Thailad relaxing and planning my trip in Laos. Stayed in a really nice guesthouse overlooking the Mekong river. Next morning was up early to cross ... Read more >

Can you hear me Lao?

LAOS | Sat, 23 May 2009 | By caitmcl | Views [138] | Comments [2]

Greetings, comrades, from our first-ever Communist country! It was not easy getting here, but it was a picnic compared with the upcoming workers' global revolution. The last two days we spent on a long, narrow boat puttering down the Mekong. The ... Read more >

Tags: laos, luang prabang

Southern Laos

LAOS | Thu, 19 Nov 2009 | By utegute | Views [19]

Laos must be one of the most relaxing places in the world! Everything and everybody is just so laid back, that I feel like floating in a bubble.. Great! First stop here was Savannakhet, a little town at the Mekong-river. Actually it’s just the ... Read more >

Gallery: Vientiane

LAOS | Thu, 2 Nov 2006 | By deena_and_gary | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Northern Laos

LAOS | Fri, 28 Sep 2007 | By thestunnings | Photo Gallery

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