Laos travel stories

Jungle VIP's

We meet up at 6am to go get tickets for the bus at 9.30, for Ban Don Chai, a tiny village that acts as the jumping off point for the Gibbons experience. While me and Jim are waiting for the ticket ...

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Abduction of the first degree

Helen and I only stay in Luang Prabang for the night and we manage to get about 4 different truths of bus times and stations for travelling on to Luang Nam Tha. Seems like I'm back in Thailand ...

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Paradise Lost

I arrive up in Vang Vieng and all is seeming very similar from 6 months ago when I was here. That is until I step on to main street and the 1st thing that hits me is there are no open sewers!&#...

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Loop de loop

I pick up my Honda Baja 250 and get set to head to Tha Kaek from Vientianne for the first leg. I remember the bus took 6 hours but didn't realise it was just short of 400km. 2km after getting t...

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Back again - Laos

Well, what can I say about my second time in Vientianne? It hasn't changed much except there are about 3000 more tourists than last July. The tuk tuk drivers are still offering you "something" ...

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