Destination: Laos

Just like the Shotover...

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By braynroni | Views [1125]

...except the boat is made of wood, we don't wear lifejackets and the ride lasts 6.5 hours!! We are safe in Luang Prabang (L.P) now - LAOS! Yay for a new country! Got up early, had breaki then into the cars to be dropped at one place for boat ... Read more >

From not happy to very happy

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 | By andrew_stelmach | Views [1077]

So having not had an awesome time since Railey (although SOME good times), I went down to Cambodia and after Siem Reap and Phenom Penh I ended up in Kompong Cham and I was NOT a happy bunny. There were no backpackers there and I was basically getting ... Read more >

Tags: 4000 islands, backpacking, cambodia, don det, laos, loneliness

And you thought stone henge was unimpressive...

Sat, 9 Jul 2011 | By leaandray | Views [814] | Comments [3]

So we are now in Vientiane the capital of Laos (i don't know why they spell it with the "S" it pronounced Lao) one of the most unimpressive Cities i think i have been to yet baring Phonsavan, Phonsavan had about three streets and 90% of the ... Read more >

Round 2 of the Road of Doom!!

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 | By leaandray | Views [693] | Comments [3]

We apologise that it has been a while since we last updated you of our travels but internet seems few and far between. We enjoyed our last night in Luang Prabang and bestowed a beautiful gift to Sophie for her 21st birthday - Cobra Whiskey. Essentially ... Read more >

How may tourists does it take to get a tuk-tuk out of the mud?

Sun, 3 Jul 2011 | By leaandray | Views [369]

8 apparently! So there we were enjoying the scenic trip to Pak Ou caves when our accompaying tuk-tuk filled with all our travel buddies got bogged and slowly started tipping into the Mekong! Thats the beauty of wet season though - the mud! Ray did a ... Read more >

I spy something starting with R... Rice Field? Correct!

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 | By leaandray | Views [507] | Comments [2]

So we made it to Chiang Mai safe and sound, sat around in the airport for a while and then jumped on a bus to start the journey to the Laos border... The bus ride was rather uneventful, although the roads the further we got out became more and more ... Read more >

Photos: Meandering along the Mekong in Southern Laos

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Meandering along the Mekong in Southern Laos

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 | By steve_and_emma | Views [837]

Up until recently we kept classing our trips and travels to Indochina as taking place 5 years ago; then it dawned on us that it was actually a decade ago!   Hmm, time to head back to Laos and see what the southern area had to offer.... Read more >

Bens Bus Ramble

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 | By hootons | Views [606]

It's not all fun and games this backpacking life. Reading travel blogs is often enough to make you sick, all 'happy happy joy joy' with little mention of the mundane and frustrating parts of getting from here to there. For example with us, we haven't ... Read more >

Photos: The Loop

Sun, 29 May 2011 | By hootons | Flickr Photo Gallery

Photos: Vang Vieng & Vientiane

Sun, 29 May 2011 | By hootons | Flickr Photo Gallery

Buttocks of Steel

Sun, 29 May 2011 | By hootons | Views [734]

Buttocks of Steel The night before we first straddled Parker (our trusty 110cc Chinese import motorcycle with tyres the width of bicycle tyres) we sat and read through the notes of other travellers who had gone on the 'loop', a 320 km circular stretch ... Read more >

They've Got That Something

Thu, 26 May 2011 | By mpreece7 | Views [633]

There is something about the Laos people that make them incredibly cool. I don’t mean cool in the same way we do in the west or in a Fonzie sort of way, but I mean cool in a “Yeah that dog just peed on my leg so what, dogs need to pee!” kind of way.... Read more >

Tags: cool, laos, laotians, people, wonderful

Photos: Luang Prabang

Thu, 19 May 2011 | By hootons | Flickr Photo Gallery

Photos: Two day Mekong

Thu, 19 May 2011 | By hootons | Flickr Photo Gallery