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THAILAND | Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By lukas_patricia | Views [31]
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 [36]
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 | Wed, 8 Jul 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [232] | Comments [2]
Leaving the cat behind we got an overcrowded
boat back to Nong Khiaw and took in the spectacular scenery we missed during
our rainy trip north, unfortunately our bags were at the bottom of the pile on
the boat and were soaking wet by the time ... Read more >
Tags: sam neua, vieng xai, phonsavan, plain of jars, luang prabang, vang vieng
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
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, 31 Dec 2007 | By justine | Views [225] | Comments [2]
Luang Prabang is filling up with visitors as New Year’s Eve approaches. Today there was a traffic jam on the main street, which is quite unusual if you know this sleepy town. In the late afternoon, the streets are filled with backpackers searching ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, new years eve, luang prabang
LAOS | Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By justine | Views [697] | Comments [1]
I celebrated my 33 rd birthday by riding an elephant. Her name is Meixi, and she’s 45 years old. She is “retired” from logging work and now just has to carry around tourists for a few hours a day, which is apparently much less taxing than logging ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, elephants, birthdays, luang prabang, celebrations
LAOS | Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By justine | Views [363]
My jaw was dropping from the moment I stepped off the plane. Flying in, all I could see were green mountains, rivers, and the occasional dirt road and small village. It felt like flying into the middle of nowhere, a small town surrounded by ... Read more >
Tags: cities, luang prabang, lao history, cia and hmong fighters
LAOS | Mon, 30 Jan 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [615]
Luang Prabang reminds us greatly of Nan in north-east Thailand. Some years ago we meandered along the Thai-Lao border that is the Mekong for some months, gently absorbing the various towns and villages with no particular destination in mind. The pace ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, travel with children, luang prabang, buddhism, culture, ceremony
LAOS | Sun, 22 Jan 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [489] | Comments [1]
In Vietnam you only have to go near a market to have someone try to sell something. Anything. "You buy", "for the baby", "for your boy" and "same same" are aimed in your direction on even the most general of strolls.... Read more >
Tags: culture, capitalism, market, luang prabang
