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From Hanoi, Vietnam to Phonsavan, Laos

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 | By gsewake | Views [3851] | Comments [9]

Left early in the morning for the SE7 train from Hanoi to Vinh. Unfortunately, I've left my iphone in the room. Time to double back to the hotel. Luckily the hotel manager is still at the front desk to let us in. I run upstairs grab the phone and hustle ... Read more >

Tags: bus, hanoi, laos, phonsavan, train, uxo, vietnam, vinh

True Travel Tales - In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 | By true-claims-stories | Views [3201] | Comments [1]

What happened? Tell us your tale. We arrived in Vang Vieng, Laos excited to see what all the “In the Tubing” fuss was about, anxious to get in the river and get the tubing underway. We jumped in the river with our tubes and paddled to the first ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, backpacking, drinking, laos, luang prabang, partying, southeast asia, swimming, terrifying travel tales, vang vieng

Laos PDR (Please Don’t Rush)

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 | By nadi-boots | Views [1323]

Hey everyone! Two things before I tell you about Laos. Firstly, a HUGE good luck to my year 12 boys Jacob, Nic and Dorian in their exams this week!!! You can do it A team ;) Secondly, I heard through the grapevine that Geelong beat those ... Read more >

Bit more on Laos

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By da_misfit | Views [878]

So the last Lao blog was a bit rushed and not done in the best conditions. A bit more to add- in Luang Nam Tha we met up again with the English couple that we met in Cambodia. That was such a nice suprise. We had a beer and a catch up and this time ... Read more >

Across the Mighty Mekong & into Laos!

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 | By john_hockley | Views [753]

We left Chiang Rai, heading for the Laos border, with a slight feeling of intrepidation for a country which we knew very little about. A few hours later we arrived at the Thai border town of Chiang Khong, our first local bus journey being bumpy but effective ... Read more >

Accidentally Around the World

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By away2travel | Views [604] | Scholarship Entry

The sky has just sprung a leak and the contents of some seriously congested clouds have all departed at the same time. Wondering where the billions of spheres of water can possibly be coming from has me ironically answering your same question – how did ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Laos

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By ast | Views [581]

Tags: Adventures

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Wed, 14 Jan 2015 | By sapote | Views [567] | Comments [1]

this will be quick update as it has been days and not remembering much. Laos is quite rural and even more so then thailand was. the main hiway is two lane road with no shoulder not easy riding at some times. with much traffic. ... Read more >

Tags: bike

Slow boat to Laos

Fri, 3 Mar 2017 | By mtd5116 | Views [500]

Continuing our "loop" through SE Asia, we decided to take a slow boat to Laos rather than a painful 24+ hour bus ride. The slow boat was described to us as more of a party scene where people are really social and daydrink while on this cool boat. The ... Read more >

Tubing in Vang Vieng, Laos

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By happywanderer | Views [434]

The bus ride from Luang Prabang was winding and twisty throught the mountains, and took about 7 hours. We'd all try to sleep and then go careening around a corner and all of us go sliding out of our seats or smack our heads against the windows. Besides ... Read more >