Destination: Laos
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Thu, 20 Jul 2006 | By taroso | Views [4843] | Comments [4]
Farewell Thailand There
wasn't much to border town Chiang Khong: an internet cafe that closed
at 11pm, turning me out into the waiting thunderstorm; a main street
terminating at the Mekong - not long, but long enough for a wet
bike-ride home;... Read more >
Tags: General
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 | By ruudee81 | Views [1017] | Comments [2]
Laos The dreaded bus journey from Hanoi to Vientiane really wasn't that bad!! the fact that we made it the whole way was quite an achievement from other stories I've heard. The bus itself was very pretty on the outside painted with Laos flowers, ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
tubing
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 | By catherine_haf | Views [851]
Man it's crazy here in Luang Prabang! After a gorgeous two day boat trip along the mighty Mekong river (sore arse and sunburn to show for it) landed in LP, greeted by crazy arsed children throwing flour and water. It's the Buddhist lunar new year, Sonkran, ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Sun, 6 Jul 2008 | By hester_c | Views [662] | Comments [1]
ok, so it wasn't a 21 hour bus journey. It was 27 hours. AAAAAAaaaaaarrrggh!!! And we experienced the worst toilets known to man or beast (they did smell like some beasts had been using them). AND i got bed bug bites from the blankets they gave us on ... Read more >
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 | By hootons | Views [659]
It's not all fun and games this backpacking life. Reading travel blogs is often enough to make you sick, all 'happy happy joy joy' with little mention of the mundane and frustrating parts of getting from here to there. For example with us, we haven't ... Read more >
Fri, 20 May 2016 | By captainyeller | Views [624]
This day started early as usual and I booked another tour. They picked me up with some other people as well. The tourguides name Gong but we could call her Gongster and the driver, her brother was Jack and we could call him Jack Sparrow. We drove about ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By ast | Views [611]
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 3 Mar 2017 | By mtd5116 | Views [536]
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 >
Wed, 6 Feb 2013 | By lozza | Views [445]
God that bed was nasty. Glad to get up, but not at the same time. Getting up having a quick shower and eating brekkie was good. The view over looking the Mekong was amazing, the sun coming up and some very good scrambled eggs and home made apple &... Read more >
Tags: beerlao, immigration, mekong river, slowboat
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 | By b_ray | Photo Gallery
180 days in Asia trip
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Sat, 30 Oct 2010 | By angiel | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 6 Jul 2008 | By hsaunders | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 1 Oct 2013 | By cwalker1218 | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014 | By | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients After feeling super nostalgic, I found this recipe online (http://laorecipes.blogspot.com/2) and I tried to switch it up to mimic the taste of the sausages my mom used to make. 5 lbs of ground pork Fresh Pork Casing 2 small onions 3 green ...
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Thu, 20 Nov 2014 | By landerwuster | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My photo story is about my grandmother, whom I have never known or met. My mother was orphaned in rural Laos during the Second Indochina War. She was six years old at the time, and she has never been back. Decades after my mother lost contact with her ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship