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Travel Blogs from Pakse
Doing the Milk Run to Pakse
In shipping terminology, a milk run is part loads that get picked up and delivered on a given route. The slow bus from Savannakhet was just that with both human and goods cargo. The bus was scheduled to leave Savannakhet at 8 am. It did leave the bus station at that time. But the bus made about a dozen stops on the way out of town and picking up …
Arabica und Robusta
Im Süden von Laos befindet sich das Bolaven-Plateau. Durch das besondere Klima hier eignet sich die Gegend besonders für den Anbau von Kaffee. Dabei ist die Qualität so hoch, dass der Kaffeepreis hier über dem des Weltmarktpreis gehandelt wird. Neben ein paar großen Produktionsketten gibt es auf dem Plateau aber vor allem sehr viele kleine Bauern, die Kaffee anbauen. In Pakse haben wir eine erste Verkostung dieses Kaffees beim Fairtradecafe von Delta ...
Pakse!
... just a few shops and cafes – but it was only a stop on the journey to Don Det.
That night in Pakse we went out for an Indian, for the third time, yet again we were satisfied! (how could you not be satisfied with a curry?) even though I had a really bad tummy all day. I powered through! There was another bowling alley in town but we weren’t up for sober bowling… thanks! Sammy wanted to go but in the end we were both tired and had to be up early ...
The Bolaven Plateau
... all burst into laughter as we realised what was going through her mind! Her suggestive sense of humour reminded me of my mum and I felt a twinge of comfort and homesickness simultaneously. Mama is the sort of person you just want to hug. And I'm pretty sure if you asked her she would gladly give you the best hug a mum could give. When we checked out she tied a yellow friendship bracelet on my wrist, saying it would bring me good luck for my travels - and I have no doubt that ...
Ban Singsamphan et Don Kho chez l'habitant
... jour suivant trekking de 6h dans le parc national de Phu Xieng Thong, sur un plateau rocheux de grès aride pour commencer puis dans la forêt.
Le guide semblait un peu perdu et, lorsqu'on s'est trouvé nez-à-nez avec un serpent venimeux, c'était lui le plus effrayé...! Mieux vaut ne même pas essayer d'imaginer ce qu'il se serait passé si quelque problème était survenu... quand je parlais de ...
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Other places to stay in Pakse
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Champa Residence Hotel
P.O. Box 504, No 13 Road, Ban Phonesaad, Pakse | 3 star hotelfrom $19 -
Pakse Hotel
Street no. 5, Pakse | 2 star hotelfrom $25 -
Champasak Palace Hotel
Road No.13 Ban Prabath P.O.Box 718, Pakse | Hotelfrom $33 -
Champassak Grand Hotel
Lao Nippon Bridge Mekong Riverside Road, Pakse | Hotelfrom $80 -
Lankham Hotel
13 South, Pakse | Hotelfrom $20 -
Sala Champa Hotel
Lakmeumg Village, Pakse | Hotelfrom $19 -
Houaygnangkham Hotel
Km 5, Ban Houaygnangkham, Pakse | Hotel
