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Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [5239] | Comments [1]
February 5-17, 2007
On Safe Sex and Village Life
Having had enough of urban living we took a bus north and east to the small village of Nong Kiaw. The most impressive aspect of this little village was the enormous concrete bridge that spans the ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, caves, laos, longtail boat, luang probang, mueng noi, nam ou, nong kiaw
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [2635]
Luang Probang
February 2-5, 2007
Endive a la Poop
Some bus rides are just cozy and comfortable. The ride from Vang Vieng was definitely not one of these. After about eight hours and a long wait for repairs when our bus' brakes failed on the ... Read more >
Tags: laos, luang progang, mekong, nam ou, sightseeing, tourism, unesco, waterfall
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By rdlilone | Photo Gallery
The Guest house to stay at in Vang Vieng
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Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1839] | Comments [3]
The powerless are precious. For tthose who do not understand, no proof is possible, for those enlightened souls, no proof is necessary. Thought for the day, think about it! And so I've returned to the place of my dreams. My favourite place from my ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1524]
Luang Prabang, the World Heritage listed city of temples. It once contained 66 operating wats, now pleasing itself with half that number. Having once seen a few wats and marvelling at their amazing similarity, I decided to forgo visiting another 30 ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Sun, 4 Feb 2007 | By shockalotti | Views [1324]
Wow what a place. Four hours North of Ventiane. You have to check out the photos, a beautiful place with those steep hills you see in post cards. It looked just like a post card actually. We booked into Vang Vieng Orchid guesthouse and stayed for the ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sun, 4 Feb 2007 | By cindyhowes | Views [268]
The
Chicken Bus
Once our boat from Don Det hit shore, we were confronted by a man screaming
at us in Laos
and frantically flailing his arms. He turned to run down a dirt road motioning
us to follow....so we did. With our huge packs and ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sat, 3 Feb 2007 | By cindyhowes | Views [427]
Four
Thousand Islands
A last minute decision had us buying a bus ticket south. We decided we had
wasted enough time and that backtracking would only be wasting more. Our
original plan was to head back to Vang Vieng to wait out the four ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Fri, 2 Feb 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [2841] | Comments [2]
About Vang Vieng...
Vang Vieng as a town is not for everyone and doses should be personalized. Most of the restaurants in town carry two things: a blaring television and a 'Happy Menu.' Some of the restaurants play nothing but episodes of 'Friends', ... Read more >
Tags: guesthouse, happy menu, laos, maylenn, opium, party time, vang vieng
Fri, 2 Feb 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [1382]
Vang Vieng January 18 - February 2, 2007 It was time to leave Vientiane and head north. After getting out early enough for an unhurried cup of coffee, we were surprised at our guesthouse owners sudden affability and helpfulness at finding the right ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 2 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1307]
I hadn't actually expected to go into Laos today...let me explain: I took a late train to Ubon Ratchathani and didn't arrive their until 14:15. Immediately a tuk-tuk driver asked (in reasonable English) whether i wanted to go to Laos. This set off ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 | By hollycassandra | Views [1612]
After Jen and I melted into rosemary and lemongrass-scented puddles at the forest temple (called Wat Sok Pa Luang ), I decided that I had to meet the pleasure-loving mind behind the herbal-infused steam baths and tropical group massage sessions. I ... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 | By shockalotti | Views [1224]
3 hours of being jammed into a friggin mini van is not my idea of a good time. After exhuming ourselves from the sardine can called a rickety old Mitsi van we hobbled up to the exit office from Vietnam. A bunch of locals kept on jumping in front of us ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [2755]
January 29-31 Vang Vieng: Search Party, Anyone? About ten days into our Vang Vieng stay and after saying farewell to our departing Aussie friends, Leslie and I decided to head back into the mountains for a few night's adventure. We grabbed few light ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 28 Jan 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [2259] | Comments [1]
Time for movement. We were leaving Chiang Mai, and Thailand, even though all of us were still praying for a different sort of movement. No big changes loomed ahead though, as Laos is very closely related to Thailand. Laos is still quite unique though, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
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