Destination: Laos
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Tue, 30 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [1174] | 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 [475]
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 [503]
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 [858]
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 [469]
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 [627] | 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 [2121] | 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 >
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Thu, 25 Aug 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [1253]
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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Wed, 24 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [1606]
Hi everyone!! So, I'm not sure that I can remember everything to write... I've been having a really nice time with the Germans. In Luang Prabang we visited some nice Wats (temples) and went out to a Lao disco which was hilerious. Here in Lao there is ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By pauluiza | Views [1898]
Destination – Lao
– Vientiane and the road to Luang Prabang – A Laosy road trip!
We take a taxi
to the train station in Bangkok, then an overnight train to the border of Lao.
From there, another 20 minute train ride on the smallest train ever ... Read more >
Sun, 21 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [326]
Hi everyone, Here is the link to my photos from Chiang Kong in Thailand (last stop before Laos) - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150748252770507.712149.844470506&l=31f506d9ca&type=1
Fri, 19 Aug 2011 | By orna | Views [420]
Hi everyone from Laos!! So, guess what?? I have finally met a bunch if people who I really like and am hanging out with now - I met them while trying to figure out how to get the slow boat to Laos and then we all caught the slow boat together. They ... Read more >
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 | By braynroni | Views [573]
Xam Neua...what can we say... It was a lovely town, not much happening on a Sunday though. This was fine as Bray was feeling rather rubbish. Roni ventured out to find drugs for Bray, breakfast and fruit. Brought these things home to the invalid ... Read more >
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