Destination: Laos
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Wed, 23 Nov 2011 | By john_hockley | Views [691]
We left Chiang Rai, heading for the Laos border, with a slight feeling of intrepidation for a country which we knew very little about. A few hours later we arrived at the Thai border town of Chiang Khong, our first local bus journey being bumpy but effective ... Read more >
Fri, 4 Nov 2011 | By travel-as-it-happened | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I started my relationship with photography when I was introduced to the basic photography class in campus 8 years ago. I've learned to photograph with a SLR film camera and gets to know how to develop my own photos in the dark room. Since then, I've adore ...
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Thu, 6 Oct 2011 | By stessabelle | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am not a professional photographer, in fact I only own a Sony Cybershot compact "shoot and point" camera, which I've had for five years. I only started taking photos around 5 years ago, but the more I take photographs the more I have become obsessed, ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011
Sun, 2 Oct 2011 | By nadi-boots | Views [1232]
Hey everyone! Two things before I tell you about Laos. Firstly, a HUGE good luck to my year 12 boys Jacob, Nic and Dorian in their exams this week!!! You can do it A team ;) Secondly, I heard through the grapevine that Geelong beat those ... Read more >
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 | By nadi-boots | Views [690]
Hey everyone,
This last week has been a real adventure, crossing from
Northern Thailand into Laos and slowly cruising down the Mekong River on a boat
full of great people who made the trip lots of fun. I will expand on all of that,
but ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [1207] | Comments [1]
I am now sitting in an internet cafe on Don Det - one of the 4000 islands. I thought it was going to be a place where you can swim in pristine waters... and then I re-read the guide book which says that post monsoon, at least from Sep - Dec the waters ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [505]
So I ended up going with another girl to the Wat to see this ceremony and all the monks started talking to us and explaining about their ceremony which they do once a year to worship Buddha. We ended up participating in it which was really nice - we ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [645]
So I also forgot to write that at the last minute in Vientiene, Simon and I went to a museum about UXOs in Laos (Unexploded Ordinance). So what I found out was the Laos is the most bombed country in the world!! The US dropped all these bombs in Laos ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [890]
Right now I am sitting in a guest house in Pakse where one of the Lao staff has been sitting and watching Tom and Jerry and laughing. Now there is something on the TV about a dragon boat race I think... he is so engrossed he is not assisting any of the ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [495]
So I forgot to write that while in Luang Prabang, we got up early at 5:15 am to see the Giving of Alms to the monks. So we got up and it was really nice because these two women had cooked up a really big amount of sticky rice to give to the monks as ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Monks, temples and the Mekong
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Sun, 28 Aug 2011 | By mdonnelly24 | Views [665] | Comments [1]
Horrible bus rides, we've all experienced one...the ride here takes the cake. Kate, Charlie, Frank (our recruit to the tri-pod from Toronto) and myself boarded our overnight minibus bound for Vang Vieng on the evening of the 24th...absolutely clueless ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By andrew_stelmach | Views [2169] | Comments [2]
Don't get too excited, I didn't have a Laos girlfriend on my travels, but this is the term my german friends and I came up with to describe a certain Laos girl on a public bus.
Somewhere in the Lonely Planet it says that on public buses in Laos, the ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, laos, personal space, public bus, travelling
Thu, 25 Aug 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [1376]
Destination – Lao
– Luang Prabang – South East Asia on Prozac (followed by a very long boat ride)
We arrive in
Luang Prabang at 2pm, the following day. We shower, eat and sleep till next
morning. The Villa Somphong guesthouse is great and the ... Read more >
Thu, 25 Aug 2011 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Wats, temples and a vertical runway in sleepy capital
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