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Saturday 4th April and Sunday 5th April | Apr 04 09'

by JoanieDijkman a female traveling as a couple from Sutton, on vacation in Ban Pak Beng

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Got up at 5.30am this morning and went downstairs for breakfast. The driver collected us from the hotel lobby at 6.40am to drive us to Chiang Khong... Continue reading »
Village Trekking | Apr 01 09'

by Shannyn & Gary a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Muang Ngoi

"45 minutes of steep descent got us there with local children scampering ahead making walking sticks for us and offering to carry our bags"

Our last stop in Laos was the mountainous north, full of interesting villages and tribes. We headed out of Luang Prabang on a 3 hour mini-van trip... Continue reading »
Planes, trains and tuktuks (oh and tubes!) | Mar 31 09'

by James Wadley a 23 year old male from Wisborough Green, on vacation in Vang Vieng

"And so we were met by the farmer with the gun whose farm we had just rolled up on... "

What an interesting week or so I have had since I last blogged! Since then I have been in 3 countries, starting off in Singapore... Singapor... Continue reading »
Riding the Elephants | Mar 24 09'

by Shannyn & Gary a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Luang Prabang

"We had to remain seated on our elephant whilst giving it commands to spray itself with water"

We caught a bus from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang and what a pleasant change!!! After the usual frantic search for a hotel we settled on a brand spa... Continue reading »
Posers Paradise | Mar 22 09'

by Shannyn & Gary a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Vang Vieng

"Not wanting to hang with the in-crowd for too long we spent most of the afternoon floating down the river"

From Vientiane we headed north in an "air-conditioned" sweat box of a bus. Luckily we only had to endure this for a little over 3 hours and by lunc... Continue reading »
Off to a place of French architecture | Mar 21 09'

by Shaun's Dakine a 31 year old male from Seattle, on vacation in Luang Prabang

"Yes that is Phousi hotel over there."

On our way back to Thailand we stopped for 2 nights in Luang Prabang. COmpared to Vientiene or Veng Vien, it was much more touristy and more... Continue reading »
dernier bout de Laos | Mar 20 09'

by Bastien a 32 year old male from Villefranche De Rouergue, on vacation in Vang Vieng

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Heureusement que le chemin compte plus que la destination. Cette derniere est le paradi du jeune touriste porte sur l'alcool. La ville artificielle... Continue reading »
Tranquility in the Capital | Mar 19 09'

by Shannyn & Gary a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Vientiane

"More often than not we would be found resting up in an air-conditioned cafe or coffee shop"

Next morning we arrived at the Thai border town of Nong Khai from where we would cross into Laos. A tuk-tuk from the train station took us to the T... Continue reading »
un brin de France a Vientiane | Mar 14 09'

by Bastien a 32 year old male from Villefranche De Rouergue, on vacation in Vientiane

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Je decouvre une capitale encore plus tranquille que Kathmandou : Vientiane (700 000 h). Les maisons coloniales defraichies font face a la Thailande... Continue reading »
"Happy" everything | Mar 14 09'

by Shaun's Dakine a 31 year old male from Seattle, on vacation in Vang Vieng

""Would you like a mushroom shake for breakfast?" "My kayaks are not leaking, not sinking, very goot, rent from me, not leaking not sinking....""

We took a bus from the hot and dusty border town of Vientiene (Wangchen). We were both overly frustrated with the visa and beaucracy of the T... Continue reading »