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Siem Reap to Four Thousand Islands, Laos
Oct 10, 2007
(26 photos)
"Beginning to become a little bored with the usual mode of transport we have recently been favouring, we decided to spice things up a little.......traveling from Siem Reap to Don De ..."
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marshallmatters
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Back in Hammock
Jul 20, 2007
(15 photos)
"Blitzed straight through strung treng, deciding there was no real reason to stay there in the end, so i went straight back into Laos and onto Don Det. This is a very relaxed little ..."
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benabroad
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Island Hopping
Sep 14, 2006
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"With not much keeping me here I planned to move onto Don Det island to the south of Don Khong with the first hurdle being how to get there from here. That was soon sorted over brea ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
alasdairm
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4000 Islands in the Mekong
Jul 10, 2005
(12 photos)
"Local buses are fun - today our bus was jam packed with little red seats (and people) in the isle. There no rule that says you can't smoke so guys reguarly light up and there's no ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
cookiechick6969
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Stop...... Hammock Time
Sep 27, 2006
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""I was there the day the strength of men failed". -- The Fellowship of the Ring The VIP bus from Vientiane to Pakse was, for once, a VIP bus. That it to say the air conditioning wo ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
foolsgold
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4,000 islands of lazy fun (and pork)
Nov 19, 2005
(21 photos)
"Greetings yet again fellow web wanderers. Today I'm broadcasting from the 4,000 islands area of southern Laos, a stretch of the mighty Mekong river at the border between Laos and C ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
technotrekker
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Laos Lout: Si Phan Don
Dec 11, 2004
(10 photos)
"The trip down to the south of Laos was one I'd rather forget. It was agonising actually. Paul and I were crammed in the back of a large bus along with other travellers and locals. ..."
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oflareypants
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The South
Aug 23, 2000
"I had a look around, saw the waterfall and the cave with all the Buddha images and then my world became brighter. Anal left me. He wanted out of Laos, and I wanted to go South. I j ..."
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uncle_davros
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Happy Times n Lost Passports
Mar 28, 2005
(34 photos)
"After a few days enjoying the luxuries of civilisation in Luang Prabang, I headed further south to Vang Vieng. We happened upon the meeting of a rowdy horde of Irish on the way, an ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
bonkers
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Lao - the south....
Dec 11, 2003
(5 photos)
"Abstract: From Vientiane took bus to Savannaket, onto Pakse where we hired a motorbike to go to Champasak (Wat Phu), Elephant riding, and Tat Fan waterfall, then further south to D ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
grahamandrach
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Christmas Island
Dec 27, 2006
(25 photos)
"My last stop in Laos was an island in the middle of the Mekong. Don Det is an island in Si Phan Don, also known as the 4000 Islands. It's a stunningly beautiful spot, e ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
mistahall
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4000 Islands
Nov 2, 2006
"Ok unfortunately there are no photos so if you bore easily of me ramballing then don't read on. It's been so long since our last entry and we don't have photos just a disposable ca ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
jb92434
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Down the river
Feb 26, 2007
(4 photos)
"After a few days on Don Khong, I drifted a bit farther south to one of the smaller islands, Don Det. It was a bit more rustic - not only was there no internet, for most of th ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
akre
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4 Thousand Ilands
Nov 11, 2007
(12 photos)
"A 10 horas en autobus de primera classe con asientos reclinables a 45 grados, con agua, con comida por 18 dolares, un poco caro pero es lo que hay si uno quiere viajar a& ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
l-lightning
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Southern Laos
Dec 3, 2006
(5 photos)
"Well after Vang Vieng it was time to leave for the capital Vientiene for an overnight stop. We booked ourselves on the VIP bus, which as you can see from the photos was an absolute ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
elliotandcarla
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border crossing
Jul 12, 2006
"having gotten to don det from don kong, i found out the border crossing is possible and infact you can get a visa there for cheaper than veintienne, phew. So chilled in out in don ..."
A travel blog entry from Don det by
beachbum
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Four Thousand Islands (Si Pan Don)
Feb 6, 2007
(17 photos)
"Leaving Champasak, we caught the local busses to get to the Four Thousand Islands region of Laos; a part of the Mekong that widens out and is home to loads of small islan ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
rowananddave
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4000 Islands and the bike ride from hell
Jan 11, 2008
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"The 4000 Islands of the Mekong and the bike ride from hell. Unfortunately I had to spend a couple of extra days in Phenom Penh to organize a visa for Laos. Monday was a public holi ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
bradmccartney
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4000 Lakes
Apr 23, 2008
(2 photos)
"16.4 - 17.4.08 Don Det. Laos. (Cambodian huomiot lisatty edelliseen merkintaan kun eilen kiireessa unohtui...) Laos. Tama maa oli allekirjoittan ..."
A travel blog entry from Don det by
ilari
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4000 islands
Oct 8, 2006
(5 photos)
" also part of si phan don, but more south. same same, no luck with the dolphins. given that it is the low travel season/mosoon season, there are very few travelers and it fe ..."
A travel blog entry from Don det by
douglaschien
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Four Thousand Islands
Mar 23, 2004
"Don Det is a relatively small island in the middle of the Mekong River in the south of Laos - of the the 4,000 or so that make up the imaginatively titled 4000-Islands region. The ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
greghowes
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Discovery of DOUGHNUTS!!
Dec 2, 2007
"Our journey from Stung Treng to the beautiful island of Don Det was rather a squish! We first boarded a boat across the Mekong and then 7 of us squeezed into a Toyota and dro ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
liv.ltd
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Weak Stomach!!!
Jan 20, 2007
(4 photos)
"Before we went on our way from Pakse, I felt sick again... @#$@%! Anyway for me the minibus ride was hellish. I am blaming the mutton curry I ate the night before! I spent the firs ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
vachon_88
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The Island Life
Aug 12, 2008
(36 photos)
"Don Det lies in the middle of Si Phan Don, also know as the Four Thousand Islands. It is in the middle of the Mekong River at the very southern tip of Laos, before you ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
tomandamanda
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Don Det
Dec 24, 2005
(7 photos)
"Day 1 - 5 Don Det is a lovely little island in the middle of the Mekong River only accessible by small boat and has no mains electricity (people use generators when it gets dark). ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
drwandgini
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The Four Thousand Islands
Mar 24, 2006
"Have arrived on Don Det - its an island in the mekong in an area called Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands). Its really nice and peaceful here, especially after getting up at 4 to ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
horns
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Si Phan Don - 4,000 Islands - no worries
Apr 24, 2006
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"After fuelling up on Beer Laos at the border we caught a pick-up truck then boat to Don Det in Si Phan Don otherwise known as 'four thousand islands.' Don Det was very cool, and pr ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
goldynhan
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Don Det
Dec 13, 2006
(5 photos)
"After arriving in Don Det, we just took the first place we saw - US$2 for the night, they had a bed, roof, 4 walls and a shared shower/toilet. That was fine, we just wanted beer. E ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
varney
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LAO PDR : 4000 islands
Feb 1, 2008
(24 photos)
"Apres 10H de bus, pas extraordinaire car a cote d un mec tres barraque, qui a la facheuse tendance de s appuyer beaucoup sur moi et d etre agite with an alcohol breath a tombe ..."
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lorraine_asoc
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four thousand islands
Apr 28, 2008
"We woke up yesterday morning really early to the sound of very heavy rain thundering of our little tin roof. This was about 4.30 when i first heard it. when we got up at 6.30 it wa ..."
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theo_
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A lil'bit of Chillaxing
Mar 9, 2008
"Well i'ts been a while! These last week or however long it has been (you loose track of time here; theres 'day' and 'night') has been pretty damn ace! I'm in an area called Si Phan ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
nickolaus
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Hanging in the hammocks
Nov 7, 2005
(5 photos)
"For the last 3 days we have been staying on Don Det island, one of the 4000 islands in the middle of the Mekong River. It is a really chilled out and remote place with the electric ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
maireadandconor
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don det, we should have stayed in Khong!
Jun 9, 2006
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"Don det does NOT have electric! Neither does don Khon, right next door! The temperature has now reached 70 degrees in the shade :( I think im going to melt! We searched in vain for ..."
A travel blog entry from Don det by
adamandgail
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Messing about on the river
Mar 18, 2005
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"Relaxing in a hammock was also the theme of most of the next day. To break the terrible monotony, on Friday I rented a bike and went over to the next island, Don Khon. The Mekong h ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
nicola
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Dead Don Det
Mar 25, 2006
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"In the far south of Laos the Mekong river widens to around 25km, carving the land up into many islands. In the dry season multitudes of sandbanks are also revealed which is why the ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
jeznkez
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Si Phan Don
Apr 9, 2008
(29 photos)
"The map pin thing is pretty wacky when you get off the beaten track! Si Phan Don or the land of 1000 islands is actually in the very far south of Lao. It is a series of ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
mizmelodia
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Introspective Hammock Burn
Mar 27, 2008
(30 photos)
"It's 45C outside. The sun is burning a hole through the tin roof of my bungalow. The humidity is so thick and my breathing becomes so shallow it's hard to tell if I am even doing s ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
karsenault
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Don Det
Jan 20, 2006
"We had a very very good time on Don Det, one of the 4000 islands in the south of Laos. The little island is so nice in so many different ways, when I'd walk along the river (just a ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
elienbiersma
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Don Det (Si Phan Don)
May 8, 2005
(15 photos)
"I returned to Pakse in order to catch a sawngthaew to Don Det Island. Once again we had to wait for the sawngthaew to fill up before leaving. The sawngthaew was jammed packed, with ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
aaron
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Lao's Riviera
Aug 12, 2003
(4 photos)
"The Thousand Islands is about as south as you can get. And with a quaint thatched bungalow overlooking the river, about as close to the Riviera vibe as you can have here: The Lao e ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
catmoj
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Flies
Jun 8, 2005
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"Well after 24 hours without sleep we arrived in Nakasang and caught a boat over to Don Det. I have to say that this wasn't where we were expecting to be dropped off as the largest ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
shaggers
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In a hammock in the middle of the Mekong..
Mar 5, 2008
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"Just barely an hour down the road from Pakse, as the bus came to a complete standstill, ready to continue southward to Si Phan Don, I was forced to think short and hard on this one ..."
A travel blog entry from Don det by
garybarnes
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Don det one of the 4000 islands
Dec 5, 2006
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"Well so we left Van Vieng and me and Scott made our way to Pakse. Got our head down(ish) and then up again to get the bus to Don Det. Arrived at Don det and got a little hut on the ..."
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mothmanstravels
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LAOS - 19/01/08 - 15/02/08 [A FAIRE]
Feb 15, 2008
"Toutes mes excuses, j'ai pris enormement de retard dans l'ecriture du blog. D'une part, le cout de la connexion est plus chere au Laos qu'au Vietnam. Mais surtout, quand on reste 1 ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
lucie.vuong
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The Last of Laos
May 12, 2006
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"Before going to Cambodia, we made a quick stop at Si Phan Don (4000 Islands to farang) and more specifically the small southern island Don Det. This is an area where the Mekong spr ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
travellingtrio
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Hitting the ?Islands?
Nov 27, 2006
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"The northern and southern areas of Laos are very different places. The north has the lush mountains, waterfalls and rivers that I have loved over the past weeks. The natural beauty ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
sabarod
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Si Phan Don - 4.000 Islands
Aug 11, 2006
(9 photos)
"Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ Si Phan Don are "the four thousand islands"; Don Det is one of these, and it looks like a paradise (for tourists at least). From ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
peacefrog
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4000 iles - Don Det
Nov 3, 2006
(5 photos)
"Balade a pied sur l'ile, et sur celle d'a cote, Don Khone, reliee par un pont. Paysage tres tropical, des cocotiers partout.On va jusqu'a de petites chutes d'eau et on se baigne da ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
virgdav
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Don Det - Laos
Jun 10, 2005
(6 photos)
"Laos, what else can i say but the most chilled out place ever!!! ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
charco
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Four Thousand Islands, Si Pan Don
May 1, 2008
(18 photos)
"I've decided to head home. Sometime in the last few weeks...I think it really crystallized my last day in Myanmar...I realized that I'd lost motivation to continue being a to ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
jkirby
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Hammoking and Whisky
Sep 11, 2006
(5 photos)
"Hammocking and Whisky... Don Det is one of the 'Four-thousand islands' down in the south of Laos, near the border of Cambodia. There's not really four thousand islands there, or ma ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
jon_darby
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I'll take you to an island
Aug 23, 2007
"It seemed (to me) that the trips that one can do around Banlung were a bit cowboyish so we decided to head onto Laos. What a journey: mini busover the mud road to Stung Trung; wait ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
feckinirish
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4000 Islands
Jan 29, 2007
(5 photos)
"Ok, so we only went to two of the 4000 islands, but they were beautiful. We spent 4 days on Don Det, and one day exploring Don Khon. There isn't much to say about them, except that ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
ladykate
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Rustic and Romantic
Mar 6, 2007
(9 photos)
"We woke up, checked our bellies, and didn't feel any strange rumblings, so we were good to go. We checked out of our hotel and bought tickets on the daily boat to Don Det leaving a ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
koppers
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Cycling in the rain
Sep 14, 2006
"Right now I am in southern Laos, on one of the "Fourthousand Islands", it is called Don Det. Its really nice and calm and I did a little cycling trip with a New Zealander and a gir ..."
A travel blog entry from Don det by
sandratamer
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no electricity, no problem.
Jul 1, 2006
(14 photos)
"took a painful overnight back South to Vientianne, and had dinner at our favorite French restaurant there, La Terrace (great French food you can actually afford - average entree is ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
reecepacheco
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4,000 Islands - Don Det
Nov 13, 2007
"From Vang Vieng we split up and Mim headed to the 4,000 Islands a day earlier to get some serious sunning in, we opted for the local bus to Savanakeht. After a very long bus&n ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
clarabelle
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Mellowing out on the Mekong
Aug 10, 2007
(13 photos)
"We met two people one called Max and one called Shannon and Shannon was an aussie dude, we went cycling to waterfalls and we wanted to swim in the waterfall, yo ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
jenjosh
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My bicycle had a bell and no brakes
Dec 4, 2007
(6 photos)
"4000 Islands Hopping tuk tuks, planes, boats and pickup trucks laden with babies, dogs and satellite dishes to Southern Laos to connect with the 4000 islands. Do ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
bobner
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Sweet Don Det
Apr 8, 2008
(12 photos)
"Yet another interesting travel day was around the corner. We decided to catch the 7:30 a.m. bus out of Tadlo so we could get to Don Det early enough to find a good bunga ..."
A travel blog entry from Don Det by
superg
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4 thousand islands
Jan 1, 2006
"8 hour on the slow boat to the island 'Don Khong', where we spent the night. Next morning another hour to 'Don Det', one of the hundreds if not thousands of islands in the very sou ..."
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