Destination: Laos

Gallery: Vientiane

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Life into Laos on the Mighty Mekong. Slowly, Slowly!

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 | By out2explor | Views [566]

Life in Laos is so expensive (compared to Thailand that is) and thats why I have been so slack with my blog. Arrived in Laos 12 March 2009 via the slow boat. Life in Laos has been wonderful. It started by taking the slow boat from Chiang Kong on ... Read more >

Gallery: Laos

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Photo Gallery

Vientiane

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [454]

My second day in Vientiane was very domesticated in the morning, getting clothes repaired, hunting down camera batteries for Fran and other odds and ends that needed to get done. I spent the afternoon strolling around the city and ended up walking about ... Read more >

More photos

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By landon_marie | Views [694] | Comments [1]

I've added a bunch of photos! A few more from Pai - Pai Photos Some from Mae Hong Son - Mai Hong Son Photos And Luang Prabang! - Luang Prabang photos My spirit is picking up again, photos are easy to upload, hopefully some ... Read more >

Tubing in Vang Vieng and bus to Luang Prabang

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [4729] | Comments [1]

Today marks 3 weeks since we left Oz!   And 2 weeks left in SE Asia before we head to Nepal.   The enthusiasm for writing this journal is still high, but we’ll see how that goes over the next few weeks!   On Sunday we went tubing down the Nam ... Read more >

Vang Vieng

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By ang_and_abe | Views [1179]

On Friday we sailed to Ha Long town and then drove back to Hanoi, which ended the Halong Bay tour. Today we flew with Vietnam Airlines to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and then got straight on a bus north to Vang Vieng. We are kind of a bit over ... Read more >

Gallery: Luang Prabang, Laos

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By landon_marie | Photo Gallery

Laos

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [511]

Battambang is very quaint city with very little concession to western ways or the influx of tourism. I walked around for at least an hour and was yet to find one resturant with a menu AND prices in English. An added challenge is that only 3 streets seem ... Read more >

Luang Prabang and Journey

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 | By landon_marie | Views [471] | Comments [1]

I don't know how to start other than saying I am blessed. -And that we are all blessed when we truly believe in life and ourselves. I'm going to try not to give too many details or else this story will be super long. To start, about 5 days ... Read more >

Gallery: Laos Nr 4

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By d_o | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Laos Nr 3

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By d_o | Photo Gallery

Tubing in Vang Vieng

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [725]

We absolutely loved our time in Vang Vieng.  Besides Byron Bay in Australia, it's the longest place we've stayed so far.  We're not sure if it's the Friends bars, the Big Beer Laos, or the tubing that keeps people there so long! But it's definitely been ... Read more >

dead dogs, speed boats, hot buses, bowling and friends..

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By theblackgirls | Views [2132] | Comments [2]

Well we made it to Laos.. it was crazy adventure!!  After leaving Chiang Mai we took a 5 hour mini bus to the thailand/laos boarder.  The next morning we were scheduled to take the 2 day slow boat to Luang Prabang, however after a few too many beverages ... Read more >

Gallery: Laos Nr. 2

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 | By d_o | Photo Gallery