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Saturday, 25 Jan 2014 | Views [2581]
Traveling from Champasak to Don Det was so pleasant it almost made up for the Pakse to Champasak debacle. ...Almost. Much of it was by boat which was fine by me,
and rest was on a nice bus surrounded by beautiful scenery. (I had another fortuitous ... Read more >
Friday, 24 Jan 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 19 Jan 2014 | Views [785]
When I got to the Thakhek bus station, I expected to only be able to make it as far south as Shavannakhet since it was already the early afternoon. It turned out I was in time for the last local bus all the way to the big city of Pakse only one hour ... Read more >
Sunday, 19 Jan 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 15 Jan 2014 | Views [910]
One of the only problems with visiting places slightly off the beaten trail is that they're generally easier to get to than to get away from. I got up for the 7am bus out of Ban Nahin - the ONLY bus out of Ban Nahin -which goes to Vientiane. Noi, my ... Read more >
Wednesday, 15 Jan 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 14 Jan 2014 | Views [1885]
The bus ride to Vientiane was relatively uneventful and from the bus station I took a shared tuk-tuk straight to my hostel - a pretty cool place with graffiti art covered walls and a huge padded movie room on the first floor. (Complete with the sign:... Read more >
Tuesday, 14 Jan 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 10 Jan 2014 | Views [2041]
I started my first day in Vang Vieng the best way possible - by sleeping in! After getting up I went to find some breakfast and ended up at one of the restaurants along the Nam Song river which notoriously screen American TV shows non-stop. Look down ... Read more >
Friday, 10 Jan 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 9 Jan 2014 | Views [1267]
My day of sightseeing in Phonsavan got off to a rough start. The night before I met a woman at dinner who had an actual thermometer with her. While I knew it was cold, I had no idea it was regularly getting down to 30*F (-1*C) or so at night! (And this ... Read more >
Thursday, 9 Jan 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 1 Jan 2014 | Views [940]
The journey from Luang Prabang to Luang Nam Tha lasted twelve hours and consisted of two tuk-tuks, an epic bus ride through winding mountain roads, and a lot of unnecessary walking. Still the scenery was undeniably beautiful, filled with verdant mountainsides, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 30 Dec 2013 | Views [2366]
My first stop in Laos was Luang Prabang and my first evening was spent in a guesthouse along the Nam Khan river. Despite there being evidence of rats in my room I decided it just must not have been used in a while and decided to go for dinner. I found ... Read more >
Monday, 30 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
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