Luang Nam Tha, Lao Peoples Dem Rep Travel Blogs

Day 58

A travel blog entry by poolman99

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... ended up in a nice part of town near a school, that was nice so I wondered round there until I found the tourist office again. Nam Tha is really a base for trekking and if you didn't know that you'd wonder why there were the pockets of tourists along the ...

Day 57

A travel blog entry by poolman99

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... ended up having dinner with him and his girlfriend later that night - they're another Dutch couple this time from Eindhoven. Things in Nam Tha start to close down around 9pm. Restaurants kick out and there aren't any bars at all. My guest house even ...

Raindrops and Rice Paddies

A travel blog entry by cosmicllama

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... as terrific as the sights were the sounds: water buffalo groaned, crickets purred, and my heart beat in iambic pentameter. Luang Nam Tha is well known as the launching place for hilltribe trekking. Having recently done similar excursions, we opted to ...

Trekking in Luang Nam Tha

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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... ago in Hong Kong after leaving an interesting life just south of London. Her eyes had that spark of life in them. Luang Nam Tha was a sleepy town of dirt roads, chickens, scooters, an odd assortment of travelers, and one large megaphone on a central ...

Laxidaical Luang Nam Tha and Muang Sing

A travel blog entry by mhaebich

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... guesthouse). Had a drink and a questionable meal (Mark's Khao Soi was rancid) before heading west to complete a loop back towards Luang Nam Tha. Forded a knee high river over to a muddy track and checked with some locals that this was in fact the track we ...

Chapter 37: Loving life in Laos

A travel blog entry by easyread

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... was slow and every so often big clouds of red dust would sweep through the open windows and cover everything. We arrived in Luang Nam Tha early in the evening, and almost immediately after we stepped off the bus we were set upon by little old hill ...

Time to relax

A travel blog entry by rbisset

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... people in the street picked him up and loaded him on the back of a trailer! Slightly shaken we pressed on and came to the Nam Tha river. There was a small bar overlooking it so we stopped for a beer and a good view of the sunset and the locals ...

Nightmare on Wheels

A travel blog entry by cosmicllama

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LUANG NAM THA TO LUANG PRABANG A.K.A. THE BUS RIDE FROM HELL Our bus ride from Luang Nam Tha to Luang Prabang was awful. Initially grateful to have been offered a seat on the overcrowded bus, we quickly realized the misfortune of being seated over ...

trekking in laos

A travel blog entry by benabroad

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... done ben, been in Laos only 1 day and you've already died, well done' Anyway we survived and in Nam tha i signed up with the Nam Ha eco tourism project for a 3 day, 2 night trek, in the Nam ha wildlife reserve. ...

Free of China! Hello Laos

A travel blog entry by rbisset

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... received both thankful and bemused looks from the locals. I was happy it wasn't raining and we were moving again. Finally arrived in Luang Nam Tha at around 4pm and checked into a hotel. Pretty cheap and the first time I have seen a mosquito net on my ...

A Tale of Two Cities.

A travel blog entry by rebn

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... Ari boarded the bus to continue his journey north. He traveled f-o-r-e-v-e-r. He came close to China. Eventually, he arrived in Lang Nam Tha. He found a guesthouse nearby, and found that there was no access to the outside world. The town was quaint, ...

Jungle story !

A travel blog entry by nathalieroy

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... par un garcon de 7 ans, tout au plus.... securisant pas mal !), une heure de boite de camion et, retour au village de luang nam tha ! Demain: .... non, cette fois-ci, je ne vais plus vers le nord mais vis plutot retourner vers le sud a Way Xai pour ...

Happy Bunny... and Happy Birthday Olly

A travel blog entry by pablito

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... guy is peddaling while his mate sits on the back rack playing a guitar and singing as they drift down the quiet night streets of Luang Nam Tha. Less than twelve hours is not a lot to go on but I'm liking Laos. Not same same. Not just different, but ...

Finally in Lao

A travel blog entry by whereskelly

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... is really amazing and so set back in time. Its the most undeveloped country in Asia. We ended up in a little town called Luang Nam Tha. We did a day hill tribe trek, which was cool to see how simple some of these people live. You now you are in ...

how to make friends and influence Laos

A travel blog entry by pablito

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Despite being much friendlier that Thais, the Laos are, as far as I have experienced, essentially a reserved people more known for being quiet and lazy than throwing a damn good party. You can say hello to them all you want and some will smile and say ...

Sky-Driving

A travel blog entry by escapefromuk

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... told us that there wasn't much going on in Udomxai, so along with the other farangs we booked our tickets onwards to Luang Nam Tha, another 4 hour journey. This time we were on a medium sized mini bus which was supposed to seat 25. As we approached ...

The Lights Went Out

A travel blog entry by rozalex

... new experience but the water is too low. We have already treked and thought that we would head to Luang Prabang and do our rafting further south, which meant another bus ride to Luang Prabang...11 hours away. The road is paved so it should be great, ...

Navigating Northern Laos

A travel blog entry by bernie-s

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... this scenery, my mood picked up. Luckily it picked up all the way until 4 o'clock in the morning when we arrived in Luang Nam Tha. I had been expecting to turn up at around 8 so I was quite shocked and relieved (the novelty of the scenery was wearing ...

Lazy Laos

A travel blog entry by lnb203

... tuk tuks, a couple of immigration officials who appeared to be sleeping and not much else. My hostel manager when we arrived in Luang Nam Tha summed it up rather nicely - 'China are our cousins! But they are running while we are very lazy!'. My kind of ...

Luang Nam Tha

A travel blog entry by jdr00

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More trekking...

A travel blog entry by smirkleby

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... of dust being thrown up by other vehicles. But the journey was still breathtaking all the way. We arrived safely in Luang Nam Tha and, after a short trek about town found a guest house at reasonable prices and with good food - and cafe latte! ...

Eaten Alive! Attack by Mosquitoes

A travel blog entry by jc

... with billions of mozzie bites. So jumping on a bus for 12 hours and being really itchy is not the most pleasant experience. Luang Nam Tha was a last minute decision as I unable to get across the border into China in time. A 37km journey to Luang Nam ...

Markets in SE Asia

A travel blog entry by dbrainard

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While in Laos we visited many markets and saw so many interesting things and people. Therefore, I thought I would put together a slideshow of photos of the colorful people, vegetables and interesting things we saw in the markets in ...

Jungle Trekking

A travel blog entry by anna_nicola

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... rare, so at the moment it's still rather a novelty for them. With the improvements being made to transport networks around Luang Nam Tha these kind of trekking tours will no doubt grow rapidly in popularity. We hope that it won't cause the local people ...

Luang Nam Tha

A travel blog entry by dbrainard

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Last night we arrived in Luang Nam Tha, a little river town in northern Laos, close to the China boarder. Our guest house is a series of guest cabins along the river with beautiful flowers and plantings. Hopefully, I will be able to put some ...

Sabaai dii mokoto

A travel blog entry by thejones187

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... sheet to cover yourself and others just give you a big bath towel which is hilarious, keep going to use it after a shower). Luang Nam Tha is a very quiet little town with only a few shops and restaurants, the town tends to go to sleep at 10.30pm so ...

Our best experience in Laos

A travel blog entry by patandsaoyuth

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Luang Nam Tha Luang Nam Tha is a small town located North West of Laos near a national park. It's not a particularly pleasant town but there were two main reasons for us to come here: 1 It's a good place for hiking (plenty of hill ...

Into Laos

A travel blog entry by aaron

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... great tropical scenery & many small villages. The roads were dirt so the ride was extremely dusty. It was also extremely hot. Luang Nam Tha is a small town with a small population, yet the streets are some of the widest that I have ever seen. I ...

Addiction

A travel blog entry by pablito

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... ? I am in the middle of the Golden Triangle, the centre of Asian opium production and trade. The town where I am now, Luang Nam Tha was a major market for the opium trade, officially sanctioned by the French when they were here, and has remained a major ...

Three Day Trek

A travel blog entry by aaron

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... , a tuk tuk stopped and I was able to get a lift the remaining 5klms back into town. The bus from Muang Sing to Luang Nam Tha departed soon after I arrived in town. I checked into a guesthouse, had lunch, and was about to hire a bike to ride around ...

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Travel Blogs from Luang Nam Tha, Lao Peoples Dem Rep

Day 58

Day 57

Raindrops and Rice Paddies

Trekking in Luang Nam Tha

Laxidaical Luang Nam Tha and Muang Sing

Chapter 37: Loving life in Laos

Time to relax

Nightmare on Wheels

trekking in laos

Free of China! Hello Laos

A Tale of Two Cities.

Jungle story !

Happy Bunny... and Happy Birthday Olly

Finally in Lao

how to make friends and influence Laos

Sky-Driving

The Lights Went Out

Navigating Northern Laos

Lazy Laos

Luang Nam Tha

More trekking...

Eaten Alive! Attack by Mosquitoes

Markets in SE Asia

Jungle Trekking

Luang Nam Tha

Sabaai dii mokoto

Our best experience in Laos

Into Laos

Addiction

Three Day Trek