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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3103]
Every Survivor show has a super-human physical challenge of standing and balancing for a long period of time in a very awkward and physically demanding/uncomfortable position. Today's one hour public bus ride from Phongsali to Hat Sa (our dock of entry ... Read more >
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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By paul | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2518]
Arriving in Muang Khua, we disembarked our boat, and slugged across the sewage flowing from the shanties and stilted homes & restaurants on the hill directly into the river. Our chosen guest house teetered on wooden stilts, and had a prime river ... Read more >
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Mon, 11 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2855]
The Akha tribes, and specifically this tribe, seem a little more well off - relatively speaking as far as hilltribe living goes. Most of the houses in this village have satellite dishes, TV's and many have DVD players with all the latest children's ... Read more >
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Sun, 10 Jun 2007 | By paul | Views [1314] | Comments [1]
It is almost two weeks now since I crossed the Laos Thai border in the far north and began my journey south, through the valley of the Mekong. In this time I have discovered what a fantasticly lazy place Laos is. The people here are great, the ... Read more >
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Sun, 10 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2743]
Our guide has been a bit of a challenge for us. It's not his fault... the government tourism manager we contracted with for this trek put him in this situation, so it's truly an issue for the manager. So we're trying to be patient and supportive with ... Read more >
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Sat, 9 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2613]
We awoke to the sounds of animals below the cracked floor boards upon which we slept. First the crowing of the roosters woke up the cows, the buffalo groan and the pigs let out squeals of hunger. I got up and asked our guide where we were supposed ... Read more >
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Sat, 9 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3352]
It was 5:30 am, and we've woken up to the noise of roosters, cows, chickens and other animals... the sounds blending into a real rhythm, and I honestly thought I was hearing school children chanting and singing in the distance. We stowed our big packs ... Read more >
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Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2806] | Comments [1]
The Government in Laos is very keen to educate visitors to this country on how to behave while visiting. It's actually quite helpful, and they do it in a way that's quite entertaining- through cartoon strips. These "etiquette or rules" cartoons ... Read more >
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Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1118]
In Northern Laos, there is very limited tourist infrastructure. There were five of us together, wanting to do a trek (Darrin, I, an Argentinean, Italian, and Spaniard) We wandered the streets trying to communicate with people, in search of a trekking ... Read more >
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Thu, 7 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3041]
..."good luck to everybody" reads the sign at the bus station, above the ticket window. That sign says it all, so clearly. It means, we hope our bus gets you to your destination; it will require much luck, as our non-serviced, overly packed ... Read more >
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Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1443]
Our experience getting our Laos visas and crossing the border through immigration went so smoothly, it was a bit scary. Our agent had our visas and passport departure stamp from Thailand already organized. We soared through the Thai border and were ... Read more >
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Tue, 5 Jun 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1127]
Our bus from Pai to Chiang Kong took all day. We had to backtrack to Chiang Mai, and then proceed north to the border town of Chiang Kong. We stopped off at a cashew and sesame factory enroute, and stocked up on some yummy treats for the ride. We were ... Read more >
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Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By paul | Views [1054]
It was time for a detour. For most of the last three months we had been following a fairly rigid plan which we had predetermined before leaving home. A change and some adventure was in order, to this end we booked onto the slow boat to Luang Prabang ... Read more >
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Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By paul | Photo Gallery
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