Lao Peoples Dem Rep Travel Blogs

... .  As you walk along the streets lined with a colourful mix of crumbling French colonial architecture, guest houses, and poor Lao housing, you always see boys from ages six to fourteen walking along in their robes, shaved heads and school bags of the ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by guavamama
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So Laos, Starting off in the 4000 islands... Don Det being the island of choice. We didn't do much for the first couple of days...other than lying about in hammocks, reading and enjoying the view of the Mekong...oh and enjoying the food...one of ...

A travel blog entry from Pakse by thomaswguy
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... and wildlife volunteering, sorry! So another day another bus and this was another record topper for bad. When booking the bus to Laos (Lao depending on where you look) we decided to pay the extra $5 for the better bus (as it's a 22 hour journey). We ...

A travel blog entry from Vientiane by mills-mcshea
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... were fully booked and they couldn't even spare a turkey Sarine the bastardos...so we settled for a burger and a pitcher of Beer Lao instead.  I rang home, very excited to speak to my family but also feeling a little homesick (the most home sick i have ...

A travel blog entry from Vientiane by thomaswguy
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It is interesting how it is called, Lao People's Democratic Republic, seeing as the Communist flag sways in the air in every corner of the country. What is a Democratic Republic? Perhaps it is a third world communist country with 2-ply toilet paper. ...

A travel blog entry from Huayxai and Pakbeng by lisa-ashley
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This morning we had a lovely outdoor breakfast at the Wienglakor hotel before hopping on the bus. We started driving through the hills of Thailand. We have developed a fantastic relationship with Nok and Mona. The entire group is really fantastic. I feel ...

A travel blog entry from Don sao by coryandlaura
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... to team up with 2 cool chicks, an Aussie and a Kiwi, and we shared wanderlust stories over Indian and French cuisine. Lao left an impression on me unlike any other country had. I had met such wonderful people who made my experience both memorable and ...

A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by lisa-ashley
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... Do Fa discotheque. On a mission to party, we entered the cavernous club with black lights and age old Christmas decorations, danced to Lao pop and closed the place down well past midnight. The club was empty when we arrived but just as soon as the club ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by lisa-ashley
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... which to mop our brow..... Now that's class. True, not all was perfect; they showed a Thai film dubbed over into Lao without English subtitles, and there was an impromptu drinking contest a few seats behind us between a fifty year old Aussie and a fifty ...

A travel blog entry from Don Det by foolsgold
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Vang Vieng, ahhh only a few hours from Vientiane so we got a more local style of bus than the king of bus, which was fine. V V itsself is a backpacker mecca, there are many many guesthouses, on the bus we met a guy who'd been before and he showed us to ...

A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by emmaandemma
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Bus journey one night here

A travel blog entry from Louang Namtha by jawad
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... to a pre-wedding celebration on our street. Lots of laughing and joking, offered plate after plate of chicken feet and too much Lao Lao whiskey. As there was a bit of a language issue (being no one could understand much at all) the universal thing we all ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by mills-mcshea
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... covertly swim across the Mekong to the Thai side. Day 3 of the journey. We cross the boarder, but me and Kate have only kip (Lao money), and can't find somewhere to change it. A guy offered to take it off our hands for 1/4 quarter of the price, I say ...

A travel blog entry from Huay Xai by mills-mcshea
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Decided to move onto Louang Phrabang seeing as we arrived so early in OuDam Xai

A travel blog entry from OuDam Xai by jawad
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"It's this whole other country" -- Forrest Gump Laos.... country number 16 on our fair trip around the world. Another language, currency, culture, horrible road network and method of going to the toilet. We left China first thing in the ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by foolsgold
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broke down ST ferried to town by James on bike Town deserted nice GH New GH party Chilled out Former CIA base Increased NGO activity next day to border football and volleyball

A travel blog entry from Muang Sing by jawad
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I hate to say this but another day (or this time two) of travelling was ahead of us. We left Don Det feeling very very chilled out and set off by boat to Nakasang (nearest harbour), then it was journey by mini bus to Pakse. We got to Pakse around 2pm ...

A travel blog entry from Vientiane by marshallmatters
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This week it rained ash on us as we travelled through Thailand and Laos. We have entered the pre-wet season for SE Asia and everyone is gearing up for the pouring rain. In addition to the Water Festival in Thailand (where you walk down the street and ...

A travel blog entry from Huay Xai by cleff
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Minivan there, nice scenery 6000 room (proved to be nicest in Laos) World heritage city first big city night market baguettes a plenty Waterfall temple on the hill Red berries

A travel blog entry from Louang Phrabang by jawad
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... ending appearance of these things. A little more depressed about our earlier field trip, we drowned our sorrows in the local Lao Lao, and a rat tried to commit suicide by jumping from the high beams. A... Vang Vieng is backpacker central Laos style, ...

A travel blog entry from Vientiane by ad_n_caz
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When I was fifteen years old, I was a music geek.  There.  I admit it.  During my first two years of high school, when I wasn't busy fending off the ravages of teenage acne or struggling in vain to figure out girls -& ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by oriolesman
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... you come in to tubing country, which is where loads of ferrang sit on a rubber ring all day, stopping in bars and drinking beer lao, and doing shots (normally free) of lao lao (nasty rice wine), and jump off swings and bridges. Touristy, but fun. We stop ...

A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by mills-mcshea
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... "S" to the end and it stuck. It is still not the correct name of this country as you can see from its complete title, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic. I knew that we could get one at the border at immigration but the woman I was with didn't have a photo ...

A travel blog entry from Vientiane by christinasworld
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... the now wide awake staff. Soon the engine is dead, and we are floating backwards down the river. With no means of communicating to the Lao staff, we all cross our fingers and hope that we dont end up back in Louang Prahbang. It turns out to be a temporary ...

A travel blog entry from Houayxai by rachel_john
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... to watch the late afternoon light shining over the surrounding mountains. On the way back, my bike ran out of gas, but the Lao people are so helpful, it didn't take long for someone to come by and bring some gas back. The bike was breaking down about ...

A travel blog entry from Van Vieng by lraleigh
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In Lao as in many Buddhist countries the majority of males will be ordained as monks. For most however monkhood is temporary and was never intended otherwise. Here in Luang Prabang you can't turn a corner without seeing a saffron robe under a matching ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by christinasworld
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... stopped when we started laughing really hard. This was also our first contact with a local, and we discovered a great deal about Lao people from our hour speaking with him. We learnt that the people want peace so much that the politicians have started to ...

A travel blog entry from Vientianne by zee
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... the Nam Khan and Mekong rivers and is surrounded by mountains. The town is filled with golden spired wats, traditional Lao and French colonial architecture, lovely river-lined restaurants below large trees lit by twinkling lights. It has made the journey ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by christinasworld
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... In front of them was a table with some big jars. Inside each was a yellow liquid with lizards, cobras, scorpions and centipedes. Lao whiskey that had been curing for 10 months. And they were selling it! We realized that this is Lao culture. The Brit ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by eric
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... the amazing textiles here. We all agreed that while Thai silk is considered the finest it truly pales in comparison with its Lao equivalent. The embroidery and stitching is exceptional and the detail work is impressive. I had a great dinner with Faye and ...

A travel blog entry from Luang Prabang by christinasworld
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