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Travel Blogs from Phongsali, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
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Food in the Countryside
This is a top pick! ... thought we would show the pictures to the police. So away went the camera! We also stopped to watch the local village make "lao-lao" a rice whiskey which is a popular drink, which is not legal-but no one seems to care. I had a taste not to ...
Village life
... or his dinner. Another hour later we were rinsing off some of the mud at a village pump and waiting for a bus to return to Phongsali. I was soaking wet and so was very grateful for the cup of tea offered by one family in the village, which I had ...
A birthday break down
... my memory doesn't fail me. So back to the broken bus, which was supposed to take me to the mountain town of Phongsali in about 9 hours. Things were going really well, especially when we stopped for a short break in the market town of Pak Nam ...
Phongsali, leeches haven, hill tribes' hide away
Fancy some Natinal Geographic photo shoot of tribal people in full regalia ? Feel like dog stew for diner ? Ever dreamt to spot leeches in their natural environment ? Phonsgali is FOR YOU ! A hell of a bus ride to get there (2 days from Luang ...
The Road to Phongsali
Well, the trek from Muang Ngoi Neua up to Phongsali in northern Lao has to be the most adventurous part of my trip so far. I joined up with 2 Canadians (Joanne and Kyle), an American (Mark) and a Brit (Dan) and we set off. Day One: The first leg of our ...
Trekking a Phongsali sur la Nam Ou
De Houey Sai ou nous sentons la Thailande jusqu'à payer en Bath, nous passons à Phongsaly chez les Laos/Chinois. Le trajet en bus est chaotique, plus de 200km sur une piste défoncée dans les montées/descentes. Le chauffeur a même élargi la route ...
Lao Lao time
... Hill, we finally managed to give him the slip, jump back on the motorbile and head back up to PhongSali. The road to the other 2 villages, famous for their Lao Lao whiskey was, one that was far less travelled but a lot more rocky, there were a few ...
It's the taste!
Went to a 400 yr old tea plantation with a guide called Saing, route followed the contour of a valley SE of Phongsali, going down to floor before heading in SW direction up along the southern ridge. Here we hit the edge of the plantation and village, ...
North of Lao
Phongsali 27/4 - 29/4 After 250 km and 9 hours in a truck on a dirt road, through beautiful jungles, rivers, villages and a lot of dust in my face, i arrived to Phongsali. (more ...
Beyond the Clouds
... seed, four prize fighting cockerels and more people than seats to get there over endless mountains. Finally two hours from Phongsali itself we hit the China Road - Yup, we could have come here direct from Jinghong in under four ...
Trekking in Phongsali
... a result of literal translation from Chinese. To nearby Phou Fa hill lead 400 steps, but the vistas are stunning. There are 2 PCs in Phongsali connected to internet in Yeehua GH and if you've got a laptop, you can enjoy free Wi-Fi. Most of the few ...
Way up to Phongsali
... city of Udomxai. In Muang Kua we stayed overnight and then my road with Belgium couple separated. Mine was leading to Phongsali. I took there a small morning boat, carrying only 5 passengers, among whose was also Mark, Englishman mentioned above. The ...
Phongsali
Apres avoir passé 2hrs dans un bus pour aller a Pak Nam Noy, nous avons fait du stop pour rejoindre Phongsali car il n'y avat plus de bus dans l'apres midi Nous avons été pris par un groupe de Koréen qui travaillent chez Hundyai et qui allaient aussi ...
Lao Lao
... up the river, wooden benches and sore bottoms we arrived in the most northernly province of Laos, more specifically in a town called Phongsali, very close to the Chinese border. Thanks to 2 days of river travel in a tiny wooden boat we had bonded by now ...
Mountain town
... bleiben und zu essen. wir wollten nicht unhöflich sein und haben von Allem etwas probiert und gegessen. Wir stellten dem Gastgeber viele Fragen zu seiner Familie und haben schliesslich auch den selbstgebrannten Whisky auf die verstorbene Oma getrunken. ...
The Road To Phongsali
... (making me use petrol), turn, what shall I do if I run out of petrol, I have a sleeping bag, are there creatures here, where is Phongsali, turn turn turn, I have not eaten, I will eat when I get to Phongsali,what if I don't get there, turn, I will push, ...
9 hours bus
Yes, it doesn't sound too good, but actually it wasn't too bad. I was probably the first person on the bus and got myself perfect seat in the front row. The bus goes not very fast. The driver is really careful - honks just like he's in India or so. It ...
Shopping for a trek
Phongsaly is a small town, there is nothing special about it, But the people are nice. Probably because of the Bun Pi Mai which they celebrate quite intensively. As I walk throug the town I can see many small parties - people celebrating with loud music ...
Brutal attitude to twins
... by the cold and wet, and I decided to head East, as it's possible to visit Akha villages around Luang Nam Tha. In Phongsali there were many Akha women, identifed by their black dresses, which have numerous coins sewn to identify their marital and child ...
Sabato 27 Novembre 2010
Dopo colazione andiamo al fiume, dove incontriamo i due romani e cerchiamo di capire come raggiungere Phongsaly. In barca verso Hat Sa è improponibile, vogliono 200.000 Kip a testa e poi là dovremmo prendere un altro mezzo. Chiediamo allora come ...
Domenica 28 Novembre 2010
Facciamo colazione in hotel (nella lavanderia?) poi andiamo a fare due passi. Phongsaly dà l'impressione di un grosso villaggio in via di sviluppo ma ancora piuttosto lontano dal raggiungerlo: pochi posti dove mangiare (tutti gestiti da cinesi), poco da ...
Lunedì 29 Novembre 2010
Dopo colazione tentiamo di raccogliere informazioni al Tourist Information Center, sempre in coda dietro qualcuno che ha un sacco di cose da chiedere, ma il risultato è lo stesso: ne sanno poco, ci invitano a usare internet per nostro conto. Ormai ...
The far Northeast Laos
After 9 hours of inhaling dust along a bumpy back road, we arrived at the outskirts of Phongsali, a city tucked away in the far northeast cornert of Laos near the Vietnam/China borders. For reasons unknown, most of the bus stations in Laos are located at ...
Trekking into the wilderness
... back on the road. By the end of the trip we must of had about 20 dead squirrels on board! As the bus neared Luang Prubang, Lao's cultural capital, we remembered that it was Laos new year. As we got closer to the town we saw people standing on the side of ...
Real adventure in SE Asia
... Synopsis from July 2012: Left the bike in Luang Prabang and took two days of buses into the Northern Mountains of Laos. Phongsali is a nice little tea plantation town, more Chinese than anything else. Walked up to the stupa for sunset and talked ...
Off into the hills
... that, in hindsight, we still would have made the journey even if the town wasn’t worth visiting... Phongsali sits 1400m above sea level and when we arrived, around 7pm, the temperature felt absolutely Baltic. A fog had also ...
Meg eszakabbra...
... egy nagyon jo minosegu utra tertunk ra, es egyszer csak megerkeztunk Phongsaliba, ahol a nagyon eredeti nevu szalloba mentunk: Phongsali Hotel. Volt meleg viz!!! A tulaj egy kinai csalad volt, az idosebb no vagy olvasni nem tudott, vagy csak nem ...
Trek do laoskych hor
... okostovali :-) Netusili, ze muze byt neco silnejsiho nez lao lao. Tady to pratelske predstaveni mistnich lihovin vedlo k dalsim lao lao panakum. Byl to narocny vecirek :-) Cele to bylo doprovazeno zvukem karaoke (pusteno asi vyjimecne) a asi 40 lidicek z ...
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