Laos
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Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [713]
So the last Lao blog was a bit rushed and not done in the best conditions. A bit more to add- in Luang Nam Tha we met up again with the English couple that we met in Cambodia. That was such a nice suprise. We had a beer and a catch up and this time ... Read more >
Wednesday, 9 Apr 2008 | Views [607] | Comments [2]
Because I am so far behind, I will sum up the rest of our time in Laos in this one blog. After Hauy Xai we headed to Luang Nam Tha. We didn't much like Hauy Xai the town in itself. Luang Nam Tha seemed quite small but we liked it. We found a really ... Read more >
Friday, 28 Mar 2008 | Views [774]
This blog will probably be a bit dull since I am well hung over today and have are so far behind in my blog updates. We headed off with a group of 6 others about 30km outside of Hauy xai. We reached a small village off the main road and waited to meet ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Mar 2008 | Views [527]
The next two days we have spent going up the Mekong on a slow boat. Each day we have travelled about 9 hours to get to Huay Xia where we currently are. Tomorrow we head off to the Bokeo national Park to trek, swim in waterfalls and sleep in tree ... Read more >
Friday, 21 Mar 2008 | Views [687]
We fell in love with Luang Prabang and decided to stay for a bit. For the rest of our time we did little more than hang around town, the rivers, and eat and drink. We went to Martins Pub and watched another movie, American Gangster, and met a south ... Read more >
Monday, 17 Mar 2008 | Views [670]
We awoke early this morning in anticipation for our visit to the elephants. We headed out east of Luang Prabang to a reserve that acted as a retirement village for ex-working elephants. When we arrived we were amazed how big the elephants actually ... Read more >
Sunday, 16 Mar 2008 | Views [537]
Firstly, it was an 8 hour bus trip north from Vang Vieng to the Ancient capital of Luang Prabang. But only about 200kms. It was up and down hills and around many a winding road. We arrived late in the afternoon so we didn't feel like doing much but ... Read more >
Friday, 14 Mar 2008 | Views [1481]
So more from Laos... We headed north from Vientiene the capital, to Vang Vieng. We were warned by Derick in Cambodia that it attracted a lot of yobbos and he was right. But the town itself was something I had been looking forward to on our whole ... Read more >
Monday, 10 Mar 2008 | Views [597] | Comments [1]
So we raced back to Phnom Penh from Kampot in the hope that we could get a flight the same day to Laos. When we arrived in Phnom Penh we got a tuk tuk straight to the Lao airline office. But much to our dismay- the Cambodian lunch break was on for ... Read more >
