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A Week in Luang Prabang
(Feb 12 '06)
So our first day in Luang Prabang and we liked it, the French influence is so much more apparent here, especially when there are baguette stands everywhere and coffee shops and bakeries selling cakes ...
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Luang Nam Tha & Nong Khiaw
(Feb 09 '06)
So after waking a few guesthouses up at 1.30am we finaly found a place that would let us stay the night. We were so happy to get a bed and a shower! The next day we wondered round Luang Nam Tha and ...
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luang prabang
(Nov 14 '05)
im very sad about losing my entire luang prabang entry the other day. oh the perils of using the internet to write your diary. trouble is, now cant remember what i did there!
we arrived off the ...
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Natures Hidden Secret - Vang Vieng
(Feb 13 '06)
"I saw my first Monkey here and it was someone's pet!"
From the keen adventurer to the lonely explorer, Vang Vieng (vv)has a lot to offer!
As im writing this a little after visiting vv i can see now ...
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A strange mix of cultures: Luang Prabang
(Feb 19 '07)
"The feeling of the town is contagious, and you can't help but feel peace as you come and go."
We arrived in Luang Prabang by plane, because it would have taken too long to take a bus or a boat. Our ...
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The Gibbon Experience (yes, we made it)
(Feb 22 '07)
"You couldn't do this anywhere else in the world"
So, we found out at 8 AM that the last two people did not show up for the Gibbon Experience! No six hour slow boat for us and not another night waiting ...
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Bonjour Luang Prabang
(Feb 26 '07)
"Oh, the poor decisions that can be made after a few glasses of wine at the night market..."
So, after a lazy slow boat and barely surviving the speed boat, we arrived in the beautiful old capital of ...
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Laos, Luang Prabang: Streetside Sightseeing
(Mar 18 '07)
"We think one of these gave us both a problem which starts with a capital D"
So here we were thinking that our second bus journey in Laos would be just as harrowing as the first one, primarily because we ...
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The last thing our last guide said (remember Nong?) as he
drove out of sight was “the guide will pick you up at 6.30am in four days to take you ...
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Laos, Luang Namtha: Village Voyage
(Mar 16 '07)
"Normally, when you board a bus in Laos, you can take a "sick bag" from the driver or ticket inspector"
The infamous bus route in Laos, to travel from the Laos-Thailand border to the northern town of ...
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Vientiane
(May 26 '08)
The adventure continues. And boy did it. We got up super early, found a tuk tuk, found Michelle and headed to the bus station. Usually all the guesthouses and travel agents bump up the price.. so ...
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Amazing Luang Prabang
(May 23 '08)
The title says it all. We loved in here. After the 2 day boat ride we finally arrived.. tired and weary into Luang Prabang. We found a place with Jason and Eleanor that was nice and comfy after our ...
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The mystery of the headless tuber
(Apr 29 '08)
Today we went tubing it was very very fun. On the way my life jacket was so tall I looked like a headless tuber. Sometimes the river was quite slow and some times it was quite fast. Some of the way ...
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