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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 | By gracepace | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 28 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [5944] | Comments [1]
The 7.30 “AC” bus from Louang Prabang to Phonsavan left at exactly 8.30 and had quite a big hole in the floor under our seats. It was a comfy enough but windy journey punctuated by the obligatory noodle soup shop in a non-descript market town. Of the ... Read more >
Tags: guest house, history, tour, uxo, war
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [2863]
A
tuk tuk brought us up the bank of the Nam Kong river in the morning
and we walked across a fabulously rickety bamboo bridge to a Hmong
village, beginning our trek. It was blisteringly hot and Tan, our
guide kept the ... Read more >
Tags: animism, chess, kayak, mot, river, trekking, visa
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery
Laos - Louang Prabang
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Wed, 22 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [2292]
There
are various strategies to finding a guest house and most of ours
involved avoiding the hawkers as much as possible. We had liked the
sound of Mekong, a place by the river mentioned in both LP and RG. A
For Sale sign ... Read more >
Tags: attempted robbery, injury, sok dee guesthouse, visa, waterfall
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 | By kjones | Photo Gallery
some early classics from the road. Asia and Europe
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Sun, 19 Apr 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1225]
Songkran
was finally over so we could walk the streets without fear of iced
water attacks. We were going to Laos and just had time to drop off
our boxes to be sent home before the bus was due to pick us up. The
trip ... Read more >
Tags: boat, border crossing, visa
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 | By landon_marie | Views [500]
Was finally able to upload the photos from our trek and home stay in
Savannakhet. Click here =)
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 | By landon_marie | Photo Gallery
Mainly from our homestay...
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Sun, 19 Apr 2009 | By david_s | Views [711] | Comments [4]
Vientiane is bloody expensive. It's the capital of Laos and it's probably the most boring capital city i've been to in asia so far. the rent for hotels/guesthouses is ridiculous! we didn't do much here, i don't think, so i'll keep the next few entries ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 | By david_s | Views [936] | Comments [2]
i had been anticipating vang vieng since i left vancouver. it seemed like a rite of passage for SE asia backpackers. anyone who i talked to about SE asia: "make sure you hit up tubing! it's THE SHIIIIIT!"
landon, johan and i arrived ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 | By david_s | Views [624]
really, really not looking forward to this. luang prabang seems like an eternity ago. the internet is really expensive in laos and has crappy speed to boot. i'm already in vietnam and i saw much of laos. well, here goes. i arrived off the slow boat ... Read more >
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 | By sam_jackson86 | Views [369]
So as usual the plans changed, this time it was pretty much unavoidable..... 5/4 Today we wandered around the town for a bit. It is a nice little "French" town with lots of good bakeries, yum! It also happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage ... Read more >
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | By gracepace | Views [654] | Comments [3]
unless of course you can't help but gulp at least half a liter in between jumping off a zipline trapeze and/or upending your inner tube. i end up in bed all day racked with fever and terrible paranoia about every tropical disease you could possibly catch ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [636]
Our trekking group got on so well
that we decided to meet up the next day for breakfast at 9am. 2 hrs later we had eaten almost
everything on the menu, with the lady who owned the place laughing at us in amazement! (I don't think our bodies ... Read more >
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