Destination: Laos

Gallery: Laowais in Laos

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 | By katiedoestheworld | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Laos transport

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Photo Gallery

Champasak and 4,000 islands

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [585]

I stumbled on a jewel. I have not been to Angkor yet but to me, Champasak seemed like a slice of Angkor minus any people. It is set underneath a splendid mountain on 6 natural terraces and it overlooks the entire plain all the way to the river. There ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: 4,000 Islands

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Photo Gallery

Dinosaurs and Disco music

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [619]

Did you know that Lao had dinosaurs? Neither did I until I visited the dinosaur museum in Savannaket. Savannaket is a town South of Vientiane separated from Thailand by a thin stretch of the Mekong river. It is a town past it’s prime, with old colonial ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Tadlo

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Photo Gallery

On Lao time

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [519]

This is a place were you cannot be in a hurry. Things take their time and if you rush them you will only get upset. Buses planning to leave at 20.30 and arrive at 1.00am, leave at 21.15 and arrive at 4am. They break down along the way, stop wherever ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Bolaven Plateau

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Photo Gallery

Jungle Border Crossing

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1616]

There's not a huge travel or tourism infrastructure running from southern Laos through Cambodia.  The border crossing at Voen Kham to Cambodia, from what we've been told, has been an unofficial crossing up until just recently, and there's very little ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Laos; so laid back, so cool!

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 | By becci_m | Views [1122]

As planned, we made it to the slow boat- however, the whole process of being stamped out of Thailand, getting into a boat, then getting out of the boat once across the river, being pushed into the Laos immigration office, stamped into the country, then ... Read more >

Tags: People

Gallery: Its actually North Thailand AND Laos

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 | By becci_m | Photo Gallery

Day 2: Beating the Island Heat

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1023]

Being the low, rainy season here, we couldn't find enough people to get out in the rafts to tackle the Mekong's class 3 section of river here in Si Phan Don, and tubing wasn't so appealing in the thick, brown, muddy river, so we decided to hire a couple ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Vientiane

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Photo Gallery

Vientiane or Bright lights big city

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [679]

Well…..not really! Vientiane is more like a sleepy little town that somehow still seems to have it all. Laos overall is so laid back it’s horizontal. It’s a mix of French architecture - it seems that all the French left other than the style of some ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Island Life: 4000 Islands

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1127]

Don Det is one of over 4000 little islands spread throughout the Southern Mekong region of Laos, the area where the Mekong spreads to it's widest section, just along the border of Cambodia. Island is a relative term, some island are merely small clumps ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors