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Laos Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Don Khong, Si Phan Don, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
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DEUTSCH - Laos Update
This is a top pick! ... Gaestehaus gewartet habe da ich unsere Miete bezahlen wollte, konnte ich beobachten, wie eine JKuechenfrau eine riesige Ratte unter dem wasserhahn gewaschen hat, und diese ist dann direkt im Kochtopf gelandet.hmmm...guten appetit:) Am selben Morgen sind ...
Don Khong and Don Det
This is a top pick! ... to him. I admire people who go out and do something like that instead of spending their lives procrastinating and feeling miserable. Si Phan Don is a great place to unwind and spend a few days. It is very friendly and you meet loads of people here. ...
Island Living
This is a top pick! Si Phan Don, translated to 4000 Islands, was to be our base for the next couple of days. We chose Don Det to stay on and as we arrived, we realised there were so many little bungalows to opt for, all virtually the same and as basic, so we chose Mr B's, ...
Life in Laos
This is a top pick! ... needs treads on a truck, the flatter the better :) I've just spent the past few days relaxing in the 4 Thousand Islands (Si Phan Don). I'm totally relaxed, so it's time to move on as I'm starting to get bored of the hammocks :) Nice life eh! From ...
Land of a thousand islands
... easier to enjoy. The guide book seems to describe what it should be seeing not what is actually there. In Si Phan Don (si-4, phan- 1000, don-island) there are so many inhaited islands with local people going about their day-to day business, fishing ...
4000 Islands, Laos (...the other side)
... people, you're very lucky", I wheeled and dealed. "O.k.", tuk-tuk boy says. Off we were to Ban Nakasang, last main land vestige before Si Phan Don, Lao PDR (Lao People Don't Rush). We enjoyed a lovely 15 min cruise to Don Det, dropped our bags at ...
Four Thousand Islands, Si Phan Don, Laos
Barnaby and his friends travelled on a luxury bus from Pakse to Si Phan Don. The name literally means 'Four Thousand Islands', a 50km-long stretch of the Mekong River. In the rainy season this part of the Mekong fills out to a breadth of 14km, the ...
Catching up on the last few weeks
... the house and the coffin is ready for the next family member that dies. We finished southern Laos by spending three relaxing days in Don Det, an island in the Mekong river where there was nothing to do but sit in the hammock all day in front of our ...
it s called the 4000 islands
mekong, inseln, relaxed, delphine, extrem relaxed, essen, tubing, laos steht ...
Don Det
... the Irrawaddy Dolphins that supposedly swim in the Mekong river but alas we never even got a glimpse. The Mekong bulges out at Si Phan Don and is dotted with islands. Don Det is basic, it doesn't have electricity but this made for fantastic views of the ...
Four Thousand Islands
... the Mekong river fans out to form many beautiful islands is know as the Four Thousand Islands. I spent a day bicycling around Don Det and Don Khon (the island I was staying on and the island next to it)...lovely waterfalls, spotting dolphins and ...
Si Phan Don (4000 Islands)
After a relatively smooth overnight bus to Pakse we then took a shared minibus towards our next destination of Si Phan Don (4000 Islands). This is a collection (not actually 4000 but still quite a few) of islands in the Mekong river right on the ...
The rookies goes (un)extreme
Efter en anelse frustrerende bustur (mini van) med mange skift og lange ventetider ankom vi til Si Phan Don (De 4000 Oeer) og Don Det, vores udvalgte oe og kilde til ultimativ afslapning, var inden for raekkevidde. En sejltur paa blot fem minutter og vi ...
Sunsets from my hammock
... (for three hours), a short walk, a ferry ride, another minibus, a pickup truck, a moto and another ferry ride, Si Phan Don was a welcome relief. Especially after the road immediately prior to the border. With just two foreigners and three locals on the ...
Chilling Out with the Insects in the 4000 Islands
... dusty on some of Laos' unpaved roads! I was covered with dirt by the time I finally reached my destiation. It is in Si Phan Don, just north of the Cambodian border, where the Mekong river reaches its widest point. During the dry season (which is just ...
Haengematten und viel Zeit / Hammocks and Time
... vom Hausherrn eingeladen, diesmal geht er zu Fuss zum Fernsehen und das Spiel ist gluecklicherweise schon um vier Uhr frueh entschieden. Si Phan Don - literally Four Thousand Islands South of Pakse, 3 hours on a Pick up truck, are the "Four Thousand ...
Chilling out in Don Det (Si Phan Don Islands)
... by Darren, an aussie expat, with him and some of the guys I had been meeting all along the Happy Lao trail (Luang Prabang-Vang Vieng- Vientiane-Si Phan Don). We definetely ate nice there! ;-) By the way, to the room mates that I've been having ...
11012011 Si Phan Don
It was an early morning boat transfer to mainland Laos for a long waiting bus to Don Khong located in the precinct of Si Phan Don (or Four Thousand Islands) near the Cambodian border. At the road road junction one km to boat jetty, my bus refused to ...
Cruising the 4,000 Islands
... is one of those places that has to be seen to be believed. Set upon the Mekong river, many of the islands of Si Phan Don are only above water during the dry season. This fact is most starkly visible by trees that are underwater for many months having a ...
French disappointment = falang paradise
Si Phan Don, Lao for 4000 Islands: A bunch of islands in the Mekong, from minuscule to small, near the Lao - Cambodian border. Why a French disappointment? Well, near the border are the impressive Li Py waterfalls and even more imposing the Khon ...
Si Phan Don
4000 Island are well worth checking out. Its an oasis of calm after coming from Vietnam. Its a great place to chill out, drink beerlaos and watch the sunset. Its also good craic renting a bicycle and checking out the island's village life. Check out the ...
Spit roasted DOLPHIN!!!!!!!!
... 80 cm wide and 4 mt long and the're fast. It took us about 5 hours on the river to reach the Laos border.We stayed in Si phon don which is a stack of islands in the middle of the Mekong in southern Loas.The river is huge, about 6 or 7 times wider than the ...
Like pigs in a blanket
... . If you want to disappear from the world, Laos is it. A boat can be hired to visit other islands, backpacker favorite is Don Det - has menus like: Valium for breakfast, Happy shakes, large or small joints, and of coarse, tubing. Maybe view the rare ...
4,000 Islands
... then decided to just keep straight on going all the way down to Si Pan Don (4,000 Islands) for my birthday. Si Phan Don is an amzing place where the Mekong splits apart into many smaller rivers and streams that flow around land forming thousands of ...
Definitely the most chilled out place in the world
... behold we stumble across Timmy Boy, one of the English lads we met in Nha Thrang and a few places since. We spent 4 nights in Don Det but I'd say that you could spend 2 weeks in the place and not even know it. Stoners could actually be in danger of ...
4000 Iles Laos sud
Nous Voila tout au sud du Laos. Demain nous allons en direction du Cambodge plus precisement "Angkor" Photo et Detail a venir! XXX Christian et ...
De retour au Laos
On a mis en gros 3 jours depuis Phnom Penh pour attendre la frontiere c'etait long, trop long! Il y a eut une serie de problemes tous plus fous les uns que les autres! Arrives a Kratie au Cambodge, on apprend qu'il n'y a plus de bateau en ce moment car ...
The laziest place on earth
... reading, sleeping, watching the sunsets, eating cakes in the Bakery (the best in south east Asia), talking with people and drinking beer Lao. When you have a bit of energy left you can also rent a bike and go for a tour around the island. I did it ...
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