Travel Blogs from Laos
The Colour Orange
This is a top pick! Monks: they are mysterious, spiritual and almost mystical. Their presence in a town is always comforting. In Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, they are part of the scenery. Men/boys, at some point in their lives, all have to belong to a Wat ...
Location Summary - Laos
This is a top pick! LOCATION SUMMARY - Laos Location: Luang Prabang Duration: 6 days Sights 6 People 8 Food 7 Accommodation 8 Ease of Travel / ...
3 Inhabited Islands, Maybe 3,997 Clusters of Land
This is a top pick! ... of the Irawaddy Dolphins. From there I made the full loop around the islands, through the villages and back to the guesthouse. The remaining days were spent swinging in the hammock and planning my move into Cambodia. All in all, I really enjoyed ...
Life in the Treehouse: Bokeo Reserve Rainforest
... people in Luang Prabang that convinced me to delay my departure to Bali and go to a very off-the-beaten path part of Laos to live in a tree house in the rainforest. I rescheduled my flights and despite safety warnings from both the Lonely Planet and ...
LAOS Summarised
... both the trip down the Mekong River (amazingly picturesque) and the week in Luang Prebang. The mixture of French, Laos and European influences within this community is obvious yet acceptable and the mix of poverty and affluence is also readily ...
Naar Zuid-Laos: Vientiane & Konglor Cave
Twee dagen in Vientiane waren meer voldoende. Alhoewel het de hoofdstad van Laos is, valt hier absoluut niets te beleven. Charmant stadje, met lekkere Franse cuisine, dat wel. Dus vertrokken we woensdag alweer richting Pakse, met een tussenstop in Kong ...
An American and Japanese girl meet in a village
... to take a one hour boat ride to Muang Ngoi Neua and spend the night there. All is well here otherwise. The food in Laos is definitely different from Vietnam. I don’t think that I had a real taste of it yet. But, I’ll get ...
The Place Where Time Stood Still
... . The stars shine so brightly so can almost see them reflected in the moving river. My taste buds have been reawakened by Laos food! Although the service, like the time here, takes forever, you don't really seem to mind because what is coming will be ...
Brian's Travel Tips: Time
So, we crossed from Cambodia into Lao and suddenly, we jumped to 'Lao-Speed'. Now Lao-Speed makes a Galapagos turtle look like a Buggatti Veyron. Things move very slow there. It's like we've fallen into a freak worm-hole of slow. Which, according to ...
An unscheduled stop
... took for us to go ahead and book it. We had fallen in love with Luang Prabang and were eager to see what the rest of Laos had to offer. The journey would be in two stages - the first a bus ride to Nong Khiaw, then the second would be ...
Feeling Laos-sy
Tomo says: Feels like a little while since we last added to the blog but I will try to keep it compact! Vientiane was the perfect place to just kick back and relax. It really surprised us both how chilled out it was. Perfect really as we needed to hang ...
Boarder Crossing - Burma
... visit some temples. Back on the bus for a good few hours we reached the golden triangle - where the 3 countries meet Thailand Burma and Laos. We took a trip across the river to Lao and then had lunch before long we were back on the Bus to the boarder. Di ...
Wet Wet Wet
... with a balcony and hammock. The scenery is stunning, just wish it would stop raining long enough to properly explore! Really enjoying the Laos food, everything is so fresh and not missing the Chinese pot noddles at all. We are no longer celebrities! We ...
Just Chilling in Laos
... they still have my passport, which they did. Then it was time to head to Vang Vieng. The main tourist attraction of Laos. Unfortunately. Vang Vieng is a crazy place where people go down the river in tubes floating from bar to bar drinking and partying. ...
Ko Long Cave
We had read about Ko Long Cave as being pretty special, and it had to be because getting there was a pain. Our 'direct' bus to Ko Long actually dropped us off at the main junction 40km away. They do that to you a lot here; either from lack of language or ...
Gorgeous place
... i ran away, but steve made me look at the photo! The boat ride was fantastic, we got to see so much of the laos countryside, it is completly untouched. the river ran inbetween a massive mountain range. the accomidation we stayd in was not great on this ...
Don Det, 4000 Islands
... a kayaking trip. We got to visit the biggest waterfall in S.E. Asia, named Khonephapheng. We stopped for lunch by the Mekong basically on the border of Cambodia and Laos, and got to see 3 of the remaining 17 Irrawaddy dolphins. Very ...
Kong Lo Höhle
Eine andere sehr lange Busfahrt brachte uns zur „Kong Lo Hähle". Hier übernachteten wir 2 Nächte zu 4. in einem 3er Zimmer ohne Wasser und Strom ;) Die Höhle ist insgesamt 7,5km lang. Man fährt mit einem Boot durch die Höhle und kann die ...
Country Overview: Laos
... complex and religious monument in the world! How this isn't one of the wonders of the world I don't know. Backpacking heaven, Laos has everything you want beautiful scenery, some great historical sights, culture, some amazing towns and a great party ...
Theres a reason its off the beaten path...
When I ended my last blog post, I noted that the luggage man laughed hysterically at Myriah and I when we told him, "yes, we go to Xam Neua." This should be taken as a note of warning for anyone traveling anywhere at any time; when the locals laugh ...
Empty Jars, Empty Towns, Full Buses.
... a fierce klaxon, a piercing shriek – the wailings of the "horn" of the public transport bus between Sam Neua, Laos and Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. We have learnt that somewhere on a road between these two bordering countries a revolutionary discovery was ...
A slight breakdown and detour...
... next to me offered one to me and I initially declined. But he kept pushing it towards me so I accepted. I love the people in Laos. So kind and friendly. 4 hours later, we finally arrived in Luang Namtha. I didn't walk around too long, and took a ...
Thailand - Soy inglesa y qui ero aprender russ y e
... (20th October 2004 - 22nd October 2004): Thailand - Soy inglesa y qui ero aprender russ y español Arriving in Thailand from Laos is a westernising shock to the senses. A fast, timetabled bus to Chiang Rai brought us back to prices, touts, poor beer, ...
Laos: The eternal Sunday
... 8 minutes over a period of 9 years on this small country. This was during the Vietnam war and the Communist Vietcong were using Laos as a supply line for weapons to the South. Many people were killed but the horror continues to this day as some 80 million ...
Taking a dip in the Mekong.
... one next door. A nice dining area but the kitchen we could see through the door looks very basic. We wasn't expecting much but the food was delicious. We had garlic and pepper pork and it was amazing, so tasty and probably the best meal we've had in ...
På motorcykel i Vietnam - på elefantryg
... , mens guiden hoppede af og så måtte jeg bare bede til Gud, om at elefanten ikke ville stikke af med mig. Bagefter nød vi en kold dukkert og en dejlig frokost. Jo - folkene her i Laos kan også godt finde ud af at lave mad! So ...
Over The River and Through the Forest
... ; Sorry we are so far behind..... OK so this entry shows some pics from our 18 mile hike out to two small villages in Northern Laos. Amazing scenery. My heart was broken a bit though b/c this is the part of Laos where the US waged a Secret War ...
Tiny slice of paradise
... hoped the well stocked bar isn’t a worrying precursor of Muang Ngoy trying to join the pub culture like other places in Laos! There were even a couple of signs for tubing, but everyone seemed content just to sit thankfully! And that is ...
Luang Nam Tha
... (an argentinian, Mauricio; and a funny canadian, Dani), and our two guides for one night/ two days up in the wild forest of Laos. So far (before the Gibbon Experience) it had been the most thrilling trek I've made so far... that's wild, and not organized ...