Friday, 17 Jul 2009 | Views [3048] | Comments [1]
We arrived in the capital, Vientiane, and started to wonder if we were still in Laos or if we’d been transported to France. The streets were lined with biblioteque, boulangeries,
patisseries etc,
There was even an Arc ... Read more >
Tags: 4000 islands, pakse, savanakhet, si phan don, tadlo, vientiane
Wednesday, 8 Jul 2009 | Views [2724] | Comments [2]
Leaving the cat behind we got an overcrowded
boat back to Nong Khiaw and took in the spectacular scenery we missed during
our rainy trip north, unfortunately our bags were at the bottom of the pile on
the boat and were soaking wet by the time ... Read more >
Tags: luang prabang, phonsavan, plain of jars, sam neua, vang vieng, vieng xai
Thursday, 25 Jun 2009 | Views [3571] | Comments [1]
We said our final farewell to Thailand and crossed the Mekong river in a 30 second long boat trip to arrive in Laos (pronounced cow with an L!). After getting our visas at immigration in Huay Xay we decided to catch a bus north rather than take ... Read more >
Tags: beerlao, luang nam tha, muang ngoi, nong khiaw, udomxai