Laos
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
Laos - Pakse & Si Phan Don
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [3397] | Comments [4]
The Champasak Palace Hotel in Pakse was built by Prince Boun Oumna Champasak with, supposedly, a room for each of his concubines. Also known as the thousand room pavillion, it's built in Laotian style, looks a bit like a wedding cake, has 1 King ... Read more >
Tags: hammock, holiday, hotel, island, river, wildlife
Wednesday, 6 May 2009 | Views [1244]
The
bus, or a tuk tuk was supposed to pick us up at the GH between 1 and
1.30. At 2 the GH owner came over to us and called up to see what was
going on. Within minutes a tuk tuk arrived and we were taken to the
bus ... Read more >
Tags: arch, bike, bus, swim
Tuesday, 5 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
Laos - Phonsavan, Vang Vieng, Ventiane
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Saturday, 2 May 2009 | Views [1951]
An early jumbo took us from from the airfield to the bus station. The road to Vang Vieng was steep and windy but the full volume Thai power ballads entertained. We arrived early, suddenly and a tuk tuk whisked us off on the hot dusty roadside to Phoom ... Read more >
Tags: injury, tubing
Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009 | Views [5855] | Comments [1]
The 7.30 “AC” bus from Louang Prabang to Phonsavan left at exactly 8.30 and had quite a big hole in the floor under our seats. It was a comfy enough but windy journey punctuated by the obligatory noodle soup shop in a non-descript market town. Of the ... Read more >
Tags: guest house, history, tour, uxo, war
Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Views [2813]
A
tuk tuk brought us up the bank of the Nam Kong river in the morning
and we walked across a fabulously rickety bamboo bridge to a Hmong
village, beginning our trek. It was blisteringly hot and Tan, our
guide kept the ... Read more >
Tags: animism, chess, kayak, mot, river, trekking, visa
Sunday, 26 Apr 2009 | Photo Gallery
Laos - Louang Prabang
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Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009 | Views [2237]
There
are various strategies to finding a guest house and most of ours
involved avoiding the hawkers as much as possible. We had liked the
sound of Mekong, a place by the river mentioned in both LP and RG. A
For Sale sign ... Read more >
Tags: attempted robbery, injury, sok dee guesthouse, visa, waterfall
Sunday, 19 Apr 2009 | Views [1192]
Songkran
was finally over so we could walk the streets without fear of iced
water attacks. We were going to Laos and just had time to drop off
our boxes to be sent home before the bus was due to pick us up. The
trip ... Read more >
Tags: boat, border crossing, visa
