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Wed, 27 May 2009 | By david_s | Views [1542]
pakse was super uneventful for me. this is the point when the size of the group started getting me down. i guess i just missed the freedom to be able to go where i want when i wanted, or at least only had landon to answer to/vice versa. the group always ... Read more >
Tue, 26 May 2009 | By david_s | Views [662] | Comments [1]
laos was the country of local busses. where they pack on as many people as they possibly can with whatever they want. i'll get to horror stories regarding that in due time. at the moment i'll just bypass the busride from vientianne to savannakhet. as ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2009 | By rebecca_fardoe | Views [1522]
My first truly bad breakfast! We thought we'd try somewhere different and went to a little restaurant overlooking the river. Well we must have been paying for the view because the food was bad! A lazy afternoon after checkout just mooching about and ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2009 | By caitmcl | Views [804] | 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
Sat, 23 May 2009 | By caitmcl | Views [841] | 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
Thu, 21 May 2009 | By rebecca_fardoe | Views [668]
Monday 18th We had a quick breakfast at the hostel and got down to the pier and the boat at about 9ish. At about 9.30 am we were on our way. This boat was a lot bigger than the one the day before and so we all felt like we had more space!! This was ... Read more >
Thu, 21 May 2009 | By zimmy | Views [770] | Comments [6]
So many things have changed since I last wrote.... I've learned to make pad thai, chicken and cashew nuts and thai curry pastes from stratch. I also know how to eat sticky rice properly, tie my fishermans pants without them falling down or looking like ... Read more >
Mon, 18 May 2009 | By rebecca_fardoe | Views [1459]
After quite a late night I got up a little bit late, around 9am, had some breakfast and met up with Shona. Shona had done a bit of investigating and thought that it might be good to go to Chiang Khong that evening so that we would be ready to cross ... Read more >
Sun, 17 May 2009 | By erin_and_tony | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 14 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery
Laos - Pakse & Si Phan Don
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Tue, 12 May 2009 | By desrosm | Views [445] | Comments [3]
We flew from Cambodia to Laos yesterday afternoon. Luang Probang, Laos. A river town nestled between the Khan and the Mekong. The Mighty Mekong. The river touches six countries and is beautiful in width. Last night we stayed at a decent guesthouse ... Read more >
Tue, 12 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [3438] | Comments [4]
The Champasak Palace Hotel in Pakse was built by Prince Boun Oumna Champasak with, supposedly, a room for each of his concubines. Also known as the thousand room pavillion, it's built in Laotian style, looks a bit like a wedding cake, has 1 King ... Read more >
Tags: hammock, holiday, hotel, island, river, wildlife
Wed, 6 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1273]
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bus, or a tuk tuk was supposed to pick us up at the GH between 1 and
1.30. At 2 the GH owner came over to us and called up to see what was
going on. Within minutes a tuk tuk arrived and we were taken to the
bus ... Read more >
Tags: arch, bike, bus, swim
Tue, 5 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery
Laos - Phonsavan, Vang Vieng, Ventiane
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Sat, 2 May 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1988]
An early jumbo took us from from the airfield to the bus station. The road to Vang Vieng was steep and windy but the full volume Thai power ballads entertained. We arrived early, suddenly and a tuk tuk whisked us off on the hot dusty roadside to Phoom ... Read more >
Tags: injury, tubing
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