- The bus ride of clarityThere are a few things you learn immediately while traveling Asia. You will rarely have privacy, your skin color will warrant resentment, curiosity and even anger, and the word quiet is recognized but seldom respected.
Helplessly, I am sitting on Posted by adica in Adica's Adventure | Apr 16, 2011
- Luang prabang, LaosOn arriving in Luang Prabang we immediately had a good feeling about the place. We were happily greeted by our guesthouse owner (at 'Merry Villa No. 1') who was very enthusiastic to tell us we had arrived for Laos new Posted by Cassbert in Cassie and Rob´s world adventure! | Apr 15, 2011
- Luang PrabangBen, Paul and I decide to try and find a place together. Like Pak Beng there are many people waiting our arrival on the pier, but this time it's a lot more professional and the prices given are the Posted by tmac77 in My round the world trip | Apr 13, 2011
- Along the MekongI've got a couple of days in Chiang Mai before making my way to Laos so as well as catching up on some washing and some sleep I book myself in for a 1 day visit to the Elephant Nature Posted by tmac77 in My round the world trip | Apr 12, 2011
- Happy Birthday Ella
xxx MillPo combo xxx
Posted by millfred in World Wide Wander | Apr 10, 2011
- Who needs a seat on a 16 hour bus anyway? No. of all you can eat street buffets since last blog = 3
No. of games of blob = 3 (1 to Richard, 1 to Pauline, 1 to some dutch hustler)
No. of kilometres travelled in 48 hours = 1,935 (3 Posted by Po Gallon in World Wide Wander | Apr 10, 2011
- Skinny marinky dinky dink...Travelling into Laos was like a breath of fresh air. Although we loved Vietnam, we were definitely up for a change in pace. After a very long bus ride with a long sketchy border crossing and limited bathroom breaks, we Posted by t3s in A Dose of the World | Apr 9, 2011
- dont let the rain dampen your spiritsafter a crazy night bus being woken by what can only be described as 'loatian gameshow music' blaring in our ears at 5 am we staggered out into the streets of luang prabang. we found a guesthouse on the mekong Posted by karen_411 in Adventure; SE Asia Style | Apr 7, 2011
- Vang Vieng - LaosThe journey from Vientiane took 4 hours, which was ok apart from being very windey which almost threw you off your seat at points. We were finally dropped off in a random place on a dusty road with no town Posted by Cassbert in Cassie and Rob´s world adventure! | Apr 7, 2011
- VangvieneOk fourth blog in one day, i think this will have to be the last one as it is 4.37pm and i am hungry as we havent eaten!!!
So we arrive in Vangviene, Laos. This is the place where most backpackers Posted by c_gibson1 in Im off to see the world!!! | Apr 7, 2011
- VientianeWe are in Laos now!!! Laos as in Cow!!!!!
We were greated of the bus by a man with an umbrella, thank god as it was raining cats and dogs!! He took us to our hotel...ooohhh very nice!! Was more expensive Posted by c_gibson1 in Im off to see the world!!! | Apr 7, 2011
- Sabadii and khawp-jai-lailai Laos Dear friends,
Life is good again! We are sitting on the balcony of our beautiful hotel in Luang Prabang, overlooking the Mekong river, sipping BeerLao while the communist flag is waving proudly in the humid air. The flag and some party Posted by BasJulia in Bas and Julia on the road | Apr 5, 2011
- earthquakes, treehouses and ziplining, oh my!we got into laos to the cute border town of huay xai. it had a great vibe and we got a great guesthouse. we settled in for the night, alison was in a towel having just got out of the Posted by karen_411 in Adventure; SE Asia Style | Apr 4, 2011
- Vientiane, LaosOn our first evening in Laos, we woke up late after the horrible journey there to find that it was very cold, raining and dark. We had dinner in a pub a few doors down (pie and mash...winner), then back Posted by Cassbert in Cassie and Rob´s world adventure! | Apr 1, 2011
- Chilling on 1 of Laos's "4,000 islands" I've been meaning to post this for ages, as this was a little while ago...
Don Det is a small island in the middle of the Mekong river in an area called Si Phon Don, which is the southern most Posted by patticowan in Patti's Grand Tour | Mar 28, 2011
- The Road to Luang PrabangI arrived at the Northern Bus Station In Vientiane at 8:30 after a chilly and wet tuk tuk ride from the center of town. The rain had followed me from Bangkok two days before and it looked like it Posted by carldprince in Chapter Two | Mar 26, 2011
- One month in Laos... After a nice stint on the beaches of Thailand, Emmi and I decided to move on to Laos. After a speedboat to Trat, a long and delayed bus journey from Trat to Posted by Heidi-B in Heidi's round the world adventure... | Mar 21, 2011
- SunstrokeFirstly we moved guesthouse due to a room smelling of damp and landing ourselves a sweet deal in a bamboo villa in stilts with breakfast and wifi! Very picturesque and has really made us feel like we are away from Posted by Bensten in Round the world in 151 days | Mar 1, 2011
- Vang ViengWe set off from Bangkok on our sleeper train (2nd Class) on saturday night at 8pm. Getting on the train we were in awe as it was the cleanest most beautiful sight of our lives. A man came round and Posted by Bensten in Round the world in 151 days | Feb 27, 2011
- Rolling green hills, flowing rivers and poo for breakfast!Hello everyone and welcome to our blog-a-thon! You may want to get a big mug of tea for this one... it’s a biggy! There are lots of pictures attached to all of our blogs, next to the text and at Posted by intrepid2 in Lee & Nicola's Excellent Adventure! | Feb 25, 2011
- Tam Biet to Vietnam and Sabaai-dii to LaosOn a rainy Friday, we flew from Hanoi to Luang Prabang, Laos. With just a one-hour flight, we were expecting the same cold temps and rainy weather -- to our delight, we landed in a city with cloud-free skies Posted by JaimeRK in Southeast Asia - February 2011 | Feb 22, 2011
- Hill Tribes on the Bolaven Plateau, LaosWith negotiating assistance from Anselm, we arranged a day long tour of some of the tribal villages on the plateau with Ba, our guest house host and owner. His brother accompanied us in his pick up truck. Posted by jonshapiro in Vagabonding at 60 | Feb 21, 2011
- Mong Neua and Luang PrabangLaos is completely different to Vietnam. On arrival at surely the smallest international airport in the world – Luang Prabang – we were greeted with smiles. People were friendly and when we didn’t have any money for a visa at Posted by Phildean7 in Phil and Hannah's RTW Adventure | Feb 20, 2011
- Into Laos - Vientiane, Vang Vieng & Luang PrabangI was relieved in some ways to be leaving Vietnam. It had been a long three weeks in one country and I was looking forward to experiencing a new one. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed my time greatly and Posted by mattld in An Irish Lad Abroad | Feb 15, 2011
- LaosAfter a 2 day agonizing slow boat down the Mekhong River, we arrived in Luang Prabang. The main reason for this trip to beautiful Laos, above Northern Thailand is to do the tubing down the river. I got so much Posted by Travelluv in Fantastic Places I've Traveled | Feb 13, 2011