Laos
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Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [200]
Caught my flight to KL this morning. Once at KL, and having made no plans I bought a ticket to Langkawi. I had an hour to kill before the plan left so treated myself to MacDonalds......Man, did it taste good!!! Langkawi is one of a group of ... Read more >
Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Views [302] | Comments [1]
I had previously arranged to visit the local rubbish tip to help out with the supplying food to the homeless children who live there. A group of ten or so of us had volunteered, and with the donations we contributed the food we bought at the local ... Read more >
Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Views [94]
Visited the lake again but this time we’d hired mopeds. Visited a remote ethnic village. Pretty relaxing day...they’re getting all too common now! Tim and I later had a look around the town, and come across a large lake where the locals go ... Read more >
Wednesday, 3 Dec 2008 | Views [92]
Hired some bicycles and rode to a volcanic crater lake called Boeng Yeak Loam (or something like that) We relaxed for a few hours, taking the occasional dip in the clear blue waters to cool off from the midday sun. Tried one of the local drinks;... Read more >
Monday, 1 Dec 2008 | Views [154]
Said farewell to the bikes....gonna miss you guys! Our freedom on two wheels had finally come to an end (for now) We were due to part ways with Lisa today, but she decided that it would be more fun to join us in Cambodia. ... Read more >
Sunday, 30 Nov 2008 | Views [119]
We checked out of Mama Lao’s guesthouse and soon realised that we didn’t have enough money to get off the island. There are no ATM’s here, and after trying to exchange all the foreign currency we had, we still didn’t have enough! Fortunately, we bumped ... Read more >
Saturday, 29 Nov 2008 | Views [64]
The plan is....no plan. Hammack, Doze, Eat, Beerlaos, Sunset........It's a hard life!
Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [76]
Explored the island on the bikes again……if I’m paying $25 US then I don’t intend to leave it stationery! Saw some amazing waterfalls (Tat Samphamit) where the waters crash over the over rocky limestone rocks that blocks its way. (Trying to put ... Read more >
Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [79]
To be honest....in a hammock, in a hut, in a rice field, wasn’t the best nights sleep I’ve ever had. So in the early hours we got our stuff together and continued our route to Pakse (once the ignition was fixed on Tim’s bike) Once in Pakse, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 26 Nov 2008 | Views [92]
After little sleep we set off in the early hours. A beautiful start to the day....riding south with the sun coming over the hills. After what was probably no more than two hours in the jungle, Tim got another puncture. ****! We had no choice ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008 | Views [134]
The first repair on Tim's bike was unsuccessful so we had so get it fixed again in the town. After an hour or so we headed back towards the pass again. The map had identified the track as 4WD only but it didn't matter as the bikes could go anywhere.... Read more >
Monday, 24 Nov 2008 | Views [136]
Set off early to the Khong Lor caves. To access the caves we had to ride through the surrounding farmland over dirt tracks. It was a great ride as we raced over the tracks leaving a dust trails past the fields and villages. We were the first Falang ... Read more >
Sunday, 23 Nov 2008 | Views [100]
Got up in the early hours to get some kit before setting out on our road trip. Our destination was the near the Knong Lor caves some 300km or more east. The road trip was amazing with a mixture of road and dirt tracks. The countryside more and more ... Read more >
Saturday, 22 Nov 2008 | Views [89]
No plans today except to sort out the bus to Cambodia and have a look around the town. Later bumped into Tim who had sorted out the hire of two dirt bikes for us to make our way to Cambodia. After some contemplation...two seconds.... we headed off ... Read more >
Friday, 21 Nov 2008 | Views [104]
Tim, Ben and myself hired some bikes today in order to get our Cambodian visas from the embassy on the outskirts of town. Made good use of our transport and explored the area via the Mekong river banks. Stopped at few random places along the way ... Read more >
Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | Views [111]
Chilled out in the morning with Ben and Tim watching Friends in one of the local bars prior to catching our bus transfer to Vientiane. Once at the bus pick up we had to wait a while in the midday sun on the airport runway of all places. One thing I ... Read more >
Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 | Views [122]
After all the physical activities from the day before, I treated myself to a day of doing absolutely nothing. Tim and I bought some DVD’s to watch at a local café/bar. (just to make a change from Friends ....which they have playing constantly all ... Read more >
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | Views [639]
Now feeling 100% back on form, headed back to the river to have another go at tubing. Five of us had decided to give it another go, since non of us had a particularly enjoyable trip last time. Must have been something in the water. The sun was shining, ... Read more >
Monday, 17 Nov 2008 | Views [134] | Comments [1]
Myself and four fellow travellers, who I’ve been with in Laos since I arrived, hired some motorbikes to explore the countryside that surrounds Vang Vieng. We headed north to find some caves that an American had told us about earlier. It took ... Read more >
Sunday, 16 Nov 2008 | Views [118] | Comments [1]
After a great night's sleep and rest, I was fighting fit again.....well almost. Nevertheless headed down to the river early afternoon to tube down the river, this is basically sitting on a large tractor innertube and letting the river's flow gently ... Read more >
Saturday, 15 Nov 2008 | Views [132]
Set off to Vang Vieng today. The bus picked us up 8:45, and to be honest I’ve felt better. With virtually no sleep; sitting on a bus for 6 hours was something I could do without. It was a nightmare. With my stomach still in a state of unrest, ... Read more >
Friday, 14 Nov 2008 | Views [109]
I had a leisurely day looking around the town of Luang Prabang. I met up with Pau, who Andy’s Peck’s (friend from Hove) Mother helped in the funding of his house a few years back. Pau had been a monk for 13 years, but had to give it up to look ... Read more >
Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 | Views [98]
Felt pretty crap this morning on account of a few too many Beerlau the night before. I had met up with the usual suspects in a bar called Lau Lua Gardens, which has a fantastic outside area, with palm trees and fires to take away the evening chill. ... Read more >
Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 | Views [103]
Chilled out for the rest of the day enjoying several Beerlao on the terrace overlooking the river. Headed out for Louangphrabang on the 11 o’clock bus. There were two buses heading for LP, one of which was rammed packed and leaving earlier…..there ... Read more >
Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008 | Views [141] | Video
Myself, Patrick, and Tim set off early to trek up along side the river. The trek was through the jungle landscape often interrupted by the occasional villager going about their business. We found a local village, and we greeted by many of the children ... Read more >
Monday, 10 Nov 2008 | Views [119]
Got up in good time to check myself into some alternative bungalows overlooking the river. I hired a bike and spent the day exploring the surrounding countryside and villages. The scenery here is amazing and hopefully the photos sum it up. ... Read more >
Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [119]
Decided to depart from Luang Nam Tha and make my way to Nong Khiaw further south. Five of us (Tim, Patrick, Jeff and Denise) got a bus in the morning to Udomxai. This was a most uncomfortable ride. Many of roads were unmade and contained ... Read more >
Saturday, 8 Nov 2008 | Views [123]
It was in the early hours that I regretted not bringing my sleeping bag liner....I had been bitten all over by bed bugs...."Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite".....yeah right...too late now! We headed off early to continue our trek. Today's ... Read more >
Friday, 7 Nov 2008 | Views [102]
A group of eight of us had previously booked a two day trek in the jungle the day before, so kitted out we set off with our guide (Ponzer) up to the hills with the addition of a French couple who later us. Since it had been raining for two nights on ... Read more >
Thursday, 6 Nov 2008 | Views [108]
Myself and a few of the group for the day before hired some bikes for the day to explore the area. We set off and had only been riding for half and hour before the heavens opened. We got absolutley drenched!! We sought shelter under a local farmers ... Read more >
Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [86]
The bus finally left Kunming the previous evening at 7pm. Unfortanelty the sleeper bus I had booked was designed for Chinese people, and the beds were somewhat small. It was this point I knew it would be a long ride. I was right. Chinese music was ... Read more >
