Destination: Laos

Gallery: Road Trip - Day 5/6/7

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Road Trip - Day 4

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

Road Trip - Day 3....Lak Xao - Nr Nongthat

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [782]

The first repair on Tim's bike was unsuccessful so we had so get it fixed again in the town.  After an hour or so we headed back towards the pass again.  The map had identified the track as 4WD only but it didn't matter as the bikes could go anywhere.... Read more >

Gallery: Road Trip - Day 3

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Road Trip - Day 2

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

Road Trip - Day 2...Ban Na Hin - Lak Xao

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [733]

Set off early to the Khong Lor caves.  To access the caves we had to ride through the surrounding farmland over dirt tracks.  It was a great ride as we raced over the tracks leaving a dust trails past the fields and villages.   We were the first Falang ... Read more >

Gallery: Road Trip - Day 1

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

Road Trip - Day 1.....Vientaine - Ban Na Hin

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [569]

Got up in the early hours to get some kit before setting out on our road trip. Our destination was the near the Knong Lor caves some 300km or more east.  The road trip was amazing with a mixture of road and dirt tracks.  The countryside more and more ... Read more >

Gallery: LUANG PRABANG 2

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 | By jornsalve | Photo Gallery

Vientaine

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [468]

No plans today except to sort out the bus to Cambodia and have a look around the town. Later bumped into Tim who had sorted out the hire of two dirt bikes for us to make our way to Cambodia.  After some contemplation...two seconds.... we headed off ... Read more >

Vientaine

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [738]

Tim, Ben and myself hired some bikes today in order to get our Cambodian visas from the embassy on the outskirts of town.  Made good use of our transport and explored the area via the Mekong river banks. Stopped at few random places along the way ... Read more >

Vang Vieng - Vientaine

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [593]

Chilled out in the morning with Ben and Tim watching Friends in one of the local bars prior to catching our bus transfer to Vientiane.  Once at the bus pick up we had to wait a while in the midday sun on the airport runway of all places.  One thing I ... Read more >

A day of sweet F.All in Vang Vieng

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [627]

After all the physical activities from the day before, I treated myself to a day of doing absolutely nothing.   Tim and I bought some DVD’s to watch at a local café/bar. (just to make a change from Friends ....which they have playing constantly all ... Read more >

Tubing in Vang Vieng

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [5050]

Now feeling 100% back on form, headed back to the river to have another go at tubing. Five of us had decided to give it another go, since non of us had a particularly enjoyable trip last time. Must have been something in the water. The sun was shining, ... Read more >

Motorbiking in Vang Vieng

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By justin | Views [875] | Comments [1]

Myself and four fellow travellers, who I’ve been with in Laos since I arrived, hired some motorbikes to explore the countryside that surrounds Vang Vieng.   We headed north to find some caves that an American had told us about earlier.   It took ... Read more >