Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008 | Views [974]
A plane to Chiang Mai, Thailand takes only a few hours and costs $150, twice the price of the 3 day boat/bus trip. Speedboats are much faster but deaths are not unheard of. But we have the time and want to see some of the country so we booked the ... Read more >
Sunday, 7 Dec 2008 | Views [727]
There are people who whinge about a 6-hour flight to Europe. I wonder what they would say about our 11-hour bus ride from Vientiane to Luang Prabang. It can’t be much more than 350 km but I estimate several thousand hairpin curves and countless ... Read more >
Wednesday, 3 Dec 2008 | Views [475]
Everyone was excited about the “Happy Face” in the sky last night, two planets (Jupiter and Venus?) and the waning moon. Perhaps it was a sign of good things to come. Or maybe just the heavens laughing at us. It was odd to fly once more. ... Read more >
Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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