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Another late one
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Low: mosquitoes! I have some really strong repellent but when it wears
off you notice you have 20 bites all over you. So I went and had a chat
to the pharmacist and asked her what she does, and now I have vitamin B1
tablets. The smell goes through your skin and they hate it. Apparently
if you use that and repellent that will do the trick, which will be good
for Laos and Cambodia. Speaking of Laos, I am on a bus there right now!
I'm ...
A City In Asia With No Car Horns
... and it was fascinating to watch day-to-day Lao life roll by from the 'comfort' of our somewhat underpowered sardine can. We even made a quick stop in Vang Vieng which has apparently become the poster child of how not to do tourism in Laos- young first-time-drunks offending all sorts of local sensibilities (note to Adam- if you do stop here, don't tell your dad).
Laos seems to decided that no bus stations should be located within city limits. I don't ...
Living in limbo, lazing in Laos….
... or a first aider was in sight so I made do with a couple of Elastoplast and a cup of green tea.
I shall draw a veil over the KL LCCT experience. That’s Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal. They have a bit of an obsession for abbreviations in Malaysia, and in this case it also helps to disguise the real meaning and all that it entails, which for us included missing luggage, a bone-shaking bus transfer to KLIA (or Kuala Lumpur International ...
The Journey to the Laos Capital, Vientiane
... against any issue should the bus be stopped. Fortunately, we encountered no such problems and the only downside to the whole episode was that we had to endure the guide rambling in an unrecognisable form of English for a few hours! In spite of his clear lingual deficinecies he made a good effort though and he more than warranted his little tip at the end. Laos represents the most heavily bombed county ...
Vientiane
... da vi nåede op til nyere tid hvor vi kunne læse om "the American imperialists and their puppets" som blev slået tilbage af "the courageous and heroic comrades" - set i lyset af klyngebomberne kunne vi dog lidt bedre forstå den hårde tone.
Aftenen endte med en lang række cocktails på en hyggelig restaurant sammen med en fyr, Sam, som vi faktisk mødte første gang i Vang Vieng da vi klatrede.
Næste dag var det den Laotiske nationaldag - grunden til at vi blev så længe ...


