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31st October - bus trip Thakhek - Pakse

This day turned out to be a loooong one. I wanted to do the 6-7 hour bus ride south, from Thakhek to Pakse. Some locals had told Ilse and me that buses started running in that direction early morning. But when I got to the station at 8.30 a.m. (3 km and an expensive tuk-tuk ride out of town) I disco...

Night bus to Pakse-AWFUL!!! Arrived at the bus to find double bunk beds all along the right of the bus and singles all up the left, with a giant quad at the back. And yes, we were sharing with 2 random men, who didn't even know each other, at the back!! Bumpiest bed on the bus as above the wheels. hardly slept all night- we vowed we would ne...

This week was defined by my time in Pakxe, Laos. The beginning of my week was preparation for my trip to southern Laos. My boss and I made sure that we had all the information we needed to travel south, our attorney's girlfriend was also coming with us because she is redoing the website content for VFI. We went to yoga at Vientiane Yoga Studio b...

Not a lot to do here, and our bus doesnt leave until 8pm, so we will be chillin here eating, and catching up on our internet usage for the week. Cheers! Yeah! Caught up on my posts and now Im going to try and upload some photos! 8 hrs later I am still here and just finishing uploading all my picks. Have to hop on an overnight bus for Vientienne ...

"Champasek?.....Champasek? The driver of the luxury minibus used to ferret tourists, called out, an indication if anyone had booked a passage to the tourist destination. One guy did get out. The rest, including myself, went onwards to the shoreline Mekong spot, Nakasang, and the 4000 Islands.
Viewing the sped-by environment revealed all thin...

Our last week in Laos was much quieter with far less falangs (tourists) than the northern part of the country.  We took a 6 hour bus ride from Vientiane to Ban Khoun Kham stayed overnight and then a Saungtheuw the next morning to Kong Lor Cave.  The cave is 7 km long and pitch black with a river winding through it.  You take these wooden, motori...

Ce blog sera tres bref, car l'internet coute extremement cher ici ! Avant-hier, nous sommes arrivees dans un trou perdu super sympathique nomme Tadlo, dans les plateau Bolaven, au sud du Laos (Travel Pod ne l'a pas dans sa banque de ville a mettre sur la carte, c'est pourquoi j'ai mis Pakse, la ville la plus proche). Nous debarquons de l'autobus...

retour le long du Mekong. 1er AM a pied tranquille. 2eme journee en moto : 180 kms, visite du Vat Phou, temple Khmer du meme style que les temples d'Angkor mais 300 ans plus vieux ; visite d'une plutot impressionnante "waterfall"

You all got the Proclaimers reference there, I'm sure... no? Ah, never mind...   So, here I am in Laos and, as anticipated the sun is shining.  After the last 3 weeks of cold and damp in N. Vietnam I can't even begin to describe the pleasure of being back in a region where there is guaranteed heat and blue skies every day.  This is my kind of cl...

One of the advantages of travelling by nightbus is that it saves you having to fork out for a hotel for the night. That is, if you can actually sleep on the bus, and as I'm one of the lucky ones who can, I prefer to do longhaul routes by overnight bus or train. The only problem is that despite getting enough sleep, you still long for the joys of...