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LAOS | Sun, 8 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [25]
Wieder stehen wir kurz nach 5 Uhr auf und begleiten die Morgenprozession der Mönche. Diesmal schauen wir uns ein paar andere Wegstrecken an, aber die Szenen gleichen sich. Danach geht es zurück ins Hotel zum Frühstück und danach noch einmal zu einem ... Read more >
Tags: laos, mekong river
THAILAND | Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [30]
Um 5:30h klingelt der Wecker und wir machen uns abmarschbereit. Ungefrühstückt sind wir gegen 6:15h vor dem Hotel, wo ein Teil der Reisegruppe schon losgezogen ist. Im Morgengrauen versammeln sich alle Mönche der Stadt und ziehen zu ihrem jeweiligen ... Read more >
Tags: laos, luang prabang
THAILAND | Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [35]
Wir packen, skypen ein Weilchen mit Markus und gehen bei tollem Licht in der Morgensonne frühstücken, dann müssen wir diesem wunderschönen Hotel schon wieder Lebewohl sagen. Vormittags fahren wir mit einem Minibus zu einigen Manufakturen, unter anderem ... Read more >
Tags: laos, luang prabang
LAOS | Sun, 18 Oct 2009 | By will | Views [215] | Comments [1]
Southern Laos used to be one of the backwaters of South East Asia and rarely visited by travelers. For me it was one of the few places in the region I hadn't been too but I’d seen pictures at a lecture some years ago of the rapids on the Mekong that ... Read more >
Tags: islands, rivers, travellers places, waterfalls, temples, visas, borders, laos
LAOS | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [127] | Video
Location: Laos, Cambodia and Thailand Dates: Full moon in late October or early November Level of Participation: 3 – send a boat to Naga Description: Also known as Ok Watsa, Laos’ Awk Phansa ... Read more >
Tags: laos, thailand, cambodia, river festivals, world festivals
SPAIN | Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By alvaritu | Views [88] | Comments [4]
Vamos que nos vamos... estoy entre apagando el ordenador y terminando cosas... luego ya toca terminar la mochila, terminar con la mochila, y terminar de terminar lo de la mochila... vamos que si no me da tiempo a cenar es por aquello de la mochila...... Read more >
Tags: empezar, viaje, laos, camboya, alvaro, david, susi, lydia
LAOS | Wed, 27 May 2009 | By caitmcl | Views [141] | Comments [2]
Ou est la biblioteque? Croque monsieur! These are a few of the many French turns of phrase I have picked up here in Laos's capital, Vientiane. The French influence is apparent in the wide, tree-lined streets and abundant fragrant bakeries. It is ... Read more >
Tags: laos, vientiane
LAOS | Mon, 25 May 2009 | By caitmcl | Views [112] | Comments [1]
We spent yesterday basically bumming around- one day was enough to take in all the sights of Luang Prabang, and it was way too hot to just walk around and see them again. It is such a nice place, though, that it was nice to hang around and just chill ... Read more >
Tags: laos, luang prabang, vang vieng
LAOS | Sat, 23 May 2009 | By caitmcl | Views [137] | 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
THAILAND | Wed, 20 May 2009 | By caitmcl | Views [178] | Comments [4]
Yesterday shaped up to be one of the best of our whole trip. We got picked up in the morning by our guide, Eddy, who had great English and a passion for Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face." We also joined an American and a New Zealander who were ... Read more >
Tags: thailand, chiang mai, laos, on the road
CAMBODIA | Fri, 1 May 2009 | By daan | Views [282] | Comments [1]
Hello everybody! Two days ago I arrived back at Phare Ponleu Selpak in Battambang, Cambodia. Up here I will continue working on the DVD for Tini Tinou Festival 2009. This is also a perfect moment to reflect on the past two weeks of either motorbike ... Read more >
Tags: laos, cambodia, ratanakiri, don det, pakse, bolaven plateau
LAOS | Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [243]
Nun Bang Fai. Photo by [NeilsPhotography], Flickr.com Location: Throughout Laos and northeastern Thailand Date: Usually on the May full moon Level of Participation: 1 - join the crowd and watch the rockets fly Description: In Southeast ... Read more >
Tags: thailand, laos, nun bang fai, rocket festival, world festivals
LAOS | Thu, 11 Dec 2008 | By pshah13 | Views [142]
Spent 3 days here with the group and 2 days extra by myself. This is monk city and I saw lots of monks and witnessed Tak Bat which is the alms giving to the monks. This takes place very early in the morning (6:00) and hundreds of monks come out from ... Read more >
Tags: laos, luang prabang
LAOS | Mon, 8 Dec 2008 | By pshah13 | Views [149]
Only 1 day in Vientiane but Laos is slow and small compared to Vietnam and even Cambodia. Saw lots of temples. Had a great meal at restaurant called Makphet which aims to help street children. The food was superb. Also had a traditional Baci ceremony ... Read more >
Tags: laos, vientienne
FRANCE | Fri, 5 Dec 2008 | By hendronf | Views [166]
Hey all, So im in France, staying with my girlfriends parents. House and surrounding area is lovely and we've been taking the time to relax, make some decisions & finish my TEFL. If any of you have been keeping an eye on the news you would have ... Read more >
Tags: protest, thailand, government, cambodia, laos, cycling, france, rachel, decisions
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By hendronf | Views [171]
Hey all,
This is my first post here, and hopefully there will be many more. Right now im in Manchester, and we (Me and my lovely girlfriend Rachel) have many smaller trips planned between now and the massive one in the new year. Ill keep it simple ... Read more >
Tags: where to go, decisions, cambodia, thailand, laos, vietnam, fun, adventure, rachel, fearghal
USA | Wed, 5 Nov 2008 | By traveling_jungs | Views [145]
Tuesday, November 4 8:34 pm Thailand / 6:35 am US (Sorry if this log doesn't make much sense because we're trying to write it while watching a Thai soap opera. We're making up the dialogue - eh, all soap operas have the same plot so we're making ... Read more >
Tags: burma, golden triangle, laos, chiang rai, opium, ganja
LAOS | Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By katandstevie | Views [260] | Comments [2]
Laos, quite possibly the most chilled out country on earth, at least...thats what all the guide books advised.... A country I had known very little about before actually crossing the border, and without an up to date guide book - Laos was an unknown ... Read more >
Tags: laos, don det, 4000 islands, mr bs bungalows
LAOS | Tue, 26 Aug 2008 | By michaelfarrant | Views [467]
The plan was to do 'The Loop'. A good plan it was too. The Loop is a ring of roads through the country side of southern Laos. It is very remote and sees very few tourists. It is about 500km in all of rice paddies, caves, simple villages, rivers, mountains and ... Read more >
Tags: the loop, scooter, laos
LAOS | Thu, 21 Aug 2008 | By michaelfarrant | Views [397]
J'ai trouve une equation assez simple pour le Laos: saison des pluies = routes merdiques. Deja que secs, les chemins de terre doivent etre assez lents, mais alors rajoutez de la bonne boue bien fraiche et alors la c'est du 2km/h assure. L'autre jour ... Read more >
Tags: laos, inondations, routes, rivieres
USA | Wed, 28 May 2008 | By angelabuffjohn | Views [428] | Comments [15]
A week from today Kyle and I will be on an airplane on our way to Japan. He is so excited, he randomly jumps up and down and yells "We're going to ASIA!!" He is a big man in our little house, so this is quite disruptive. Kyle is calling ... Read more >
Tags: angela, kyle, asia, japan, south korea, thailand, cambodia, vietnam, laos
LAOS | Thu, 30 Aug 2007 | By warrenr | Views [1016]
The most south-western mountainous province in the modern-day People’s Republic of China was named “south of the clouds” by a Tang emperor during the 8th Century AD. Chinese imperial dynasties from that time onwards thought of Yunnan as being the edge ... Read more >
Tags: laos, warren rodwell, travel
LAOS | Sat, 7 Oct 2006 | By language-guides | Views [21493] | Comments [11]
Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but
not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you
couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going?
The WorldNomads.com Lao Language Guide ... Read more >
Tags: learn lao, language guides, language lesson, laos, lao language, podcast, phrase book, ipod, iphone, world nomads
