Laos
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Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | Views [1623]
4th December 2012
We head to Vientiane in a mini-bus, which the hotel has arranged for us. The young man on reception, has told us that the bus will drop us by his friends guest house in the capital. This will be useful, as we have not ... Read more >
Sunday, 16 Dec 2012 | Photo Gallery
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30th November 0212
We take a mini bus 6-7 hours to Vang Vieng. Again a very mountainous, but scenic route.
We get a nice room at the Phonsevanh Guest House 60,000 kip (4.80p) just on the outskirts of town. The town sits in a small plain, ... Read more >
Saturday, 15 Dec 2012 | Views [2810]
We reluctantly leave Luang Prabang on the 28th November and head to the town of Phonsavan. After an eventful journey on scenic, mountainous roads, only having to stop twice to tighten the wheel nuts on the mini van! we arrive in the dreary ... Read more >
Monday, 26 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday 24th November 2012
We hire a couple of push-bikes from our hotel (Philaylack Villas), and cycle the 3 or 4km out of town to the Orphanage School. We have arranged to meet Andrew Brown, an Australian, who has been helping and ... Read more >
Saturday, 24 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 23 Nov 2012 | Views [5696]
21st November 2012
The bus leaves Luang Namtha at 9 am. It's a local bus and you can not pre-book seats, so you have to get to the station early. We ask the tuk-tuk driver how much to the station and he says it will be 10,000 kip. ... Read more >
Tuesday, 20 Nov 2012 | Views [1101]
Monday 19th November 2012
We hire a scooter and head North. The scenery is beautiful, although the weather is quite cloudy and cool. The views are of lush green mountains, a lot with rubber tree plantations on them. We ... Read more >
Sunday, 18 Nov 2012 | Views [799]
Th November 2012. Currency - 12,000 kip - 1 GBP (That's going to take some working out!)
We get our 30 day visa for Laos, with no problem. The 'port' is tiny, a couple of wooden huts and an empty duty free shop. We walk up the very steep, ... Read more >
