THAILAND | Friday, 23 Feb 2007 | Views [849]
We crossed the border today from Huay Say in Laos, to Chiang Khong in Thailand. Pretty painless. Cost 1 US dollar each to cross. Getting a Visa for Thailand cost nothing, and there were no bag checks. I am sure you could have smuggled in whatever you ... Read more >
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LAOS | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007 | Views [882]
We had to back track to Luang Prabang in order to make the journey to the Thai border. Again accommodation was a hassle to obtain. In summary: Luang Prabang to Pak Beng by slow boat. When they say slow, they arent kidding, this thing was meant to take ... Read more >
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LAOS | Friday, 9 Feb 2007 | Views [827]
North of Vang Vieng we travelled 4 hours. This place is meant to be one of the 'must sees' of Laos..... Hmph. OK it was nice with all of the french styled buildings and obviously historical culture. However the real highlight of this place was a night ... Read more >
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LAOS | Wednesday, 31 Jan 2007 | Views [1146]
3 hours of being jammed into a friggin mini van is not my idea of a good time. After exhuming ourselves from the sardine can called a rickety old Mitsi van we hobbled up to the exit office from Vietnam. A bunch of locals kept on jumping in front of us ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [685]
After leaving Space Station 9 at Hong Kong Star Trek HQ we landed in Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City. This place was pretty basic compared to Hong Kong - reminded me of Fiji Airport actually. First thing that happened was a bunch of taxi drivers virtually ... Read more >
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