Destination: Laos

Gallery: Vang Vieng, LAOS

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 | By travelling_chouchi | Photo Gallery

Vang Vieng en moto

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 | By travelling_chouchi | Views [671]

Tags: Mountains

sabaidy

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By jessikat | Views [767]

We left lovely Chiang Mai by plane for our first flight on Lao Airlines. For those of you who may have heard of it, its history in a previous incarnation as Lao aviation was not a very safe one. We decided that flying was the way to do Lao after looking ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Ventiane, LAOS

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By travelling_chouchi | Photo Gallery

Decouverte de Ventiane a velo

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By travelling_chouchi | Views [646]

Tags: Culture

24 heures de route pour rejoindre le Laos

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By travelling_chouchi | Views [806]

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Gallery: Laos

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By machel | Photo Gallery

update

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 | By lptravel | Views [540] | Comments [1]

Hello all, have been out of interweb access for a while. From Luang Prabang we all travelled to Nong Khiaw, back up the Nam Ou river to central Northern Laos.  Small village.  Guesthouse where we stayed had a great outlook of the river. From there ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Laos

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 | By jessikat | Photo Gallery

Mekong River Trip - Luang Prabang, Laos to Chiang Kong, Thailand

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 | By fancyfree | Views [1573]

Mekong River Trip, Laos – 6 to 8 March, 2007   Our cruise liner from Luang Prabang to Pak Beng was scheduled to start boarding around 8:00 AM, so we were up early as the tuk-tuk driver was scheduled to pick us up at 7:30.   It was only a ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Luang Prabang, Laos

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 | By fancyfree | Views [779]

Luang Prabang, Laos – 28 February to 6 March, 2007   Fortunately the bus wasn’t leaving from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang until 10:00 AM so we didn’t have to get up too early after trying to recover from our tubing outing.   We were both a bit ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

the mekong

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 | By lptravel | Views [552] | Comments [2]

So the night bazaar wasn't that great- whatever we ate/drank gave us all gastro.  We got on a bus to Chiang Khong anyway... Erin and I decorated the exterior.  3 hours and an empty stomach later we got into the border town.  (Friday)  We stayed at ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

more later

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 | By lptravel | Views [446]

all endured a bout of gastro crossed into laos slowboat/speedboat down the mekong in luang prabang frustrated with laos kip (currency)- too many darn zeros! feels like you're rich with so many notes but it's only worth a few dollars.

Tags: Budgets & money

First week

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 | By mutt | Views [842] | Comments [1]

Started under a light rain, ended after 82.64km, soaked wet. Traffic is bad, noise trucks,but the scenary is great. Rice fields that go far beyond you can see, where huge rocky mountains appear. People are very nice, children always running to say: "... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Vang Vieng, Laos

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 | By fancyfree | Views [1239] | Comments [1]

Vang Vieng, Laos – 22 to 28 February, 2007   We booked a VIP bus from Vientiane to Vang Vieng based on the marketing material at the guesthouse saying it was air conditioned and cold water and a snack were provided on the trip.   We were dubious ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road