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Travel Blogs from Tha Khaek, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
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Tha Khaek, sigh..... more biking!
This is a top pick! ... to play a game of football at which point we realised that this was Lao time and we get there when we get there. From Tha Khaek we intended to do the 'Loop' another round trip into the Laos outback and while discussing the route two ...
Tha Khaek
This is a top pick! If Pakse was Laos' answer to Bedford then Tha Khaek was Laos' answer to Northampton. Slightly further north and a touch bigger, it was still weird, and there was still nothing to do. The bus journey to get there however was, as always quite ...
Kong Lor cave, it all goes tits up
This is a top pick! ... being alone, it would have cost me about $100 in total, so after a day and a half of trying to plan a trip, i abandoned it at the last minute and fled to thailand. Sucks as its supposed to be an amazing sight, but for tha kinda money i couldn't justify ...
Get your motor running, Head out on the highway.
Well hello, its been I while I think. It certainly feels like a while since we last talked like this. Its been a busy week. You might want to get comfy, I feel in a descriptive mood and have time to kill and free internet so I may ramble for a good ...
Tha Kaek- 'Premier accomodation'
After a confusingly journey where I was sat next to the biggest Laos man EVER I arrived in Tham Kheak (south Laos) at 2.30am. I was staying in a travel lodge that the guide book hailed as 'the premier accommodation in Laos' but I think something must ...
The Caves of Tha Khaek
It took 9hrs to go 200 miles by bus. To travel here is very difficult. Everything is on the bus...chickens, pigs, Motorcycles on top, people sitting in the isles. It's the craziest thing you'll ever ...
The Epic Trip to Kong Lor Caves!
... to Tha Khaek the place we needed to go to get a bus to Bah nha hin. Another 4 hour minibus journey and we arrived in Tha Khaek- we seemed to have been dropped at a random tuk tuk station no big buses in sight- we asked around for information but found ...
Travelling To Tha Khaek
... of which it was hard to tell from which food group they came (fried chicken feet anyone?). 5.5 hours later we arrived in Tha Khaek and checked in at the Travel Lodge (no kidding!). Despite phoning ahead and reserving a room, we somehow ended up ...
Motobike trip day 1
I think a time line is the easiest way to do this so here goes... 10 AM: Rented motobike from the guest house, and took it to go withdraw money from the bank (No ATMs in Laos). 10:15 AM: Returned mootonike to guest house, it didn't ride very well, ...
Festival & caves
... . In der Travel Lodge liegt auch ein riesen Buch auf, in welches Reisende ihre Tipps und Geschichten bezueglich des "Loops" reinschreiben. Tha Khaek ist die Ausgangsbasis um von hier eine rund 400km lange Runde mit dem Moped durch Laos zu drehen. Das fuer ...
solita q viajo
Viajar sola en Laos es dificil, verdaderamente. Estas tomando un desayuno europeo, por un dia, capuccino y croissant con almendras, con la companhia de un libro, cuando llega ese chico que no sabes ni como se llama. Recuerdas haberlo visto en una ciudad, ...
Oink!
Die fast 8 stündige Busfahrt nach Tha Khaek in Zentrallaos ist äusserst zähflüssig. Die Strasse ist, obwohl etwas schmal, in einem respektablen Zustand, doch unzählige Stopps zum Auf- und Abladen von Personen und allerlei Fracht verzögern die Fahrt. ...
Getting off the beaten track
Well, after another bus ride yesterday (I think I have logged somewhere around 120 hours on busses so far!) I arrived in Tha Kheak, which is a small out of the way border town just across the Mekong from Thailand. A couple weeks ago I was thinking ...
Tha Khaek and leave it!
Theres nothing here! As our guidebook suggests "there is little do here except grab a seat in a riverfront bar" and 'Tha Khaek doesn't have much in the way of sights”. We arrived as darkness fell at around 6:30pm and as soon as we were in the ...
Going loopy in southern Lao
... border to the capital Vientienne we decided to explore some of the countryside around Southern Loas on motorcycle. We based ourselves in Tha khaek and got route information and hired bikes from there. We did a bit of reseach into the area and ...
Old Bikes, Lost Caves and Offensive T-Shirts
... further away than we had first realised. All equipped to go we set off early, before 7am, to explore the waterfalls and caves of Tha Khek on our rented motorbike, a beauty it was too. Rattled at over 30mph, vibrated at over 50 and punctured at around ...
Tha Khaek
Had a lovely sleep last night (after the village wedding party stopped!) so got up early to take some photos of Kong Lo as I really liked it. Its odd how some places you just love and want to stay and others you can't leave fast enough. I got some shots ...
Tha Khaek
... if you love dogs, or want to travel to Vietnam, stop reading now! According to the Lonely Planet, the highway that runs through Tha Khaek into Vietnam is the route that trucks from Thailand use to transport dogs that end up on dinner plates in 'Nam. ...
I don't know what to say really.. a small place
... the south bus station and immediately get on the bus going here, to Tha Khaek.. we left from at 6pm and arrived here in Tha Khaek 1pm the following day. Not much sleep as the driver insisted to play loud music throughout the night. We were supposed ...
Motorbike Looping vs RAIN!!
... case the roads flooded etc. The whole way back was pretty gruelling, we were soaked and cold, by the time we reached Tha Khaek I actually couldnt feel my body!! lol! But we did it and what an experience!!! we checked back into the lodge ...
LAOS THEO PATI
Dimanche 3 fevrier 3ème jour : C'est maintenant qu’il va falloir fermer cette boule de près de 400 km. Je trace, quelques arrêts coca ou café, pas trop de choses pour se dérouter. Dans la première partie, paysage de montagne très chouette, ...
LAOS TEOPOROSE
... envies de lui rappeler de couler. La température est agréable, même à cette heure (cette heure + 6 = 13 heures). Donc Tha Khaek s’étire nonchalamment sur son long, des maisons anciennes subsistent du temps où la France y gouvernait ses ...
Patience needed
We finally arrived in Tha Khaek after a nights stay in a random Laos town that we still don't know the name of! We left Don Det at 11am ready for about a 9 hour trip north to Tha Khaek. Well the first 3 hours went off without a hitch, a nice bus ...
walk this way..
... , a 5 hr bus journey over relatively straight and flat roads dropped us off in the widely expansive but not very dense town of Tha Khaek. Eco-trekking was the aim.. More to follow.. Onwards to the south.. Photos for the 'Walk this way' on ...
The Loop, on the Road!
Nach dem Inselabenteuer ging es weiter Richtung Tha Khaek. Der Plan war hauptsächlich, die Konglor Caves zu sehen, da es mir auf Don Det wärmstens empfohlen wurde. Außerdem hat Ben gesagt, er überlegt, dort einen Scooter zu leihen und 2-3 Tage auf der ...
Riding 'the loop' around Tha Khaek
... full speed and entered the bus again through the front door. To go short, 10 hours later, cooked from the heat and Lao karaoke I arrived in Tha Khaek. In the Travel Lodge I immediately met Alex (USA) and he convinced me not only to visit Kong Lo cave ...
Laotian capital and motorcycle loop in Tha Khaek
... and can be found on most banknotes of the Lao Kip (local currency). My last couple days in Laos I spent in and around Tha Khaek, a bit south of Vientiane. Tha Khaek is famous for the beautiful scenery and most travelers come here for the motorcycle loop. ...
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