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Travel Blogs from Udomxai, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
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Ethnic Minorities in the Hills
This is a top pick! Our next move was north of the country to the town of Udomxai, which is the capital city of Udomxai Province. This province shares a border with China's Yunnan Province and is home to 23 different ethnic minorities, two of the larges are the Hmong ...
Sky-Driving
... had done with slow boats for now. So we took the cheaper option and headed to the northern bus station in search of a bus to Udomxai. This was another local bus.. the fifty year old type, Steve nipped over and bought baguettes and some kind of meat on a ...
Boats, bombs, backgammon and Basques
... outside) we left, bleeding profusely from ex-leech wounds (thank goodness for smokers). A choice selection of vehicles took us, via Udomxai and Luang Nam Tha, to Muang Sing. Mellow Tom entertained us all by hiring a bike and cycling to China, before ...
De Ngoi a Luang Nam Tha
... après notre arrivée à Nuang Kua. On a de la chance pendant ce voyage!! 3h de bus plus tard, on arrive à la nuit tombée à Udomxai. Point de "transit" où il y a beaucoup de chinois (tous les panneaux sont en lao et en chinois) et où les voyageurs ...
Udomxai
... again we made it back to Luang Namtha without any problems. When we arrived we decided to take the next bus to Udomxai, a bigger town where we could arrange onward transport to our next destination. We bought tickets (hoping that we would get an ...
stopover
Chinesisch dominierte Handelsstadt. Man bleibt hier nur, wenn man keinen Anschlussbus mehr ...
Minsk's (say that...) are geat!
... so we lost time at the mechanic whilst his carby was pulled apart and cleaned. A temporary fix i'm feeling... We made it to Udomxai for a late lunch and decided to hole up there for the night, rather than rolling in after dark... the Minsk headlight ...
The Monks Are at It Again
... millions amidst the peasants of Asia. I just want to know how everyone knows to whom each chicken belongs. There is a central hill in Udomxai, on top of which is a Buddhist temple. I met a real traveller, Greg, who carries a Film Camera, which makes ...
Mostly Photos
... Years early with some locals over many shots of Lao Lao whiskey and some BeerLao. Hung over, we took a windy bus ride to Udomxai, a town to the northwest of Nong Kiaew. Now we're here planning our next steps. I'd write more but uploading all these pics ...
Udamxai (Oudaomsay)
... like the sea weed you use for sushi and it has sesame seeds on one side and it is the best. I made a pig of myself. At Udomxai I am staying across the road from the bus station so I can get the first bus to Muang Khua tomorrow. A french guy who traveled ...
The Road to Laos - Part 2
Another dreadful day of travelling topped of with a very bad guesthouse and ...
Oudomxai
Went for a walk early to find the bus station in town, and have some breakfast. Bumped into the dutch, english and austrian people on the way. Got to the bus station before 11am to try and get the bus to Oudomxai. After waiting till 11.30, the guy told ...
Outward Bound
... border town of Huay Xai and it was only 6 hours on the bus. My plan was to take the 5 hour trip to Udomxai and chill for a couple of days away from the hordes of tourists plaguing Luang Prabang and Vientiene before heading to Thailand. Unfortunately, ...
My Lao skirt's first outing
... ; At one point I counted 35 people crammed into this 18 seater minibus! At Luang Nam Tha I got a connection straight to Udomxai which is the northern crossing point to other provinces. The road was rough! Although it had once been ...
Being a toursit
... - the villages are supposed to be more authentic than here, anyways. And the last but not the least there is a bus leaving to Udomxai in some 30 minutes. In Udomxai I take a hotel just by the bus station - this will allow me to get good seats on ...
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