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Laos, Huay Xai: Slow Down for Pum Pao
(Mar 15 '07)
"We immediately understood why so many people leaving Laos at the Huay Xai border were covered in dust"
Country #6 on our year-long trip has brought us to one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia - ...
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Falangs arrive in Laos!
(Feb 05 '06)
So we made it to the border town and headed straight to the immigration and departure point of Chang Kong. As we headed down to the river we passed a strange man taking his baby elephant for a ...
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Meandering down the Mighty Mekong
(Jan 06 '07)
So it was a Saturday when we finally made it to the border with Laos, in the Golden Triangle of Thailand, Burma and Laos, until very recently a fervent den of opium production - and since it was a ...
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The Gibbon Experience
Journey There (1-2 days)
We woke up at 6am and should have realized from the torrential rain that it was going to be a long day. ...
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LAOS: zusje opzoeken!!!
(Mar 26 '06)
de grens over met de boot, of moet ik boomstam zeggen
iedereen is terug uit the forest omdat wij komen of was het omdat marion 30 werd? dus we hebben gelijk iedereen kunnen ontmoeten alle Lao en ...
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Gibbon Experience Day 3
(Feb 09 '08)
Since Nicole and Martin wanted to play with the cables, we chose to take the same route back instead of the flat 7-hour walk. However, our choice entailed a very long steep trek and had Sua not agreed ...
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The AMAZING Gibbon Experience (minus the gibbons)
(Feb 15 '07)
Feb 15/07
Wow, it's finally here. I've been looking forward to this since I found it online in October. We met up at 8:00, a small group of 9 ready to hike. First, we got a safety lesson on video, ...
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Not another night here!!
(Feb 20 '07)
"I don't think it went down too easy, and I couldn't help but picture it marinating in the hot sun in a bottle of cobras and scorpions"
Mud, mud and some more mud!
(Aug 12 '06)
"At points we were pushing the bus, pulling the bus and a bulldozer had to get it out of mud"
So we got to the bus station early at 7.30 at Luang Nam Tha, bought our tickets for Huay Xai for the 9am bus. ...
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Flying with Gibbons
(Dec 11 '06)
"Flying along 20m above the forest canopy for 400m, now that's fun."
There was certainly one reason only for my stopping off in Huay Xai, to visit the local Gibbon Experience Eco Tourism project. Not one ...
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Recent Blogs for Huay Xai
The Gibbon Experience- Pt2
(Mar 22 '08)
"It was a full moon. The natural light was amazing. It was really light."
It was a surprising warm night. I thought it may have got cold over night being up so high. I got up around 7am. We were on ...
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The Gibbon Experience- Pt1
(Mar 21 '08)
"Everyone was tripping out when we first slid into the tree house."
Every one I talked to, did not stop raving about how good this gibbon experience was. I whole idea behind the project was a few years ...
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Fly Like An Eagle
(Mar 19 '08)
By Grayson
After crossing the Mekong River into the town of Huay Xie, Laos, we headed on to the extraordinary Gibbon Experience. The Gibbon Experience is an eco-friendly tourism experience that ...
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