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Cómo cruzar la frontera y sí perder la fe en el intento

No, no hemos tenido problemas con el visado. Tampoco nos han intentado timar los policías de la frontera, al menos no más de 1 dólar por cabeza, que es bastante aceptable. Tampoco se nos ha quedado atascado el bule en ningún arcén, esta vez no. Pero el viaje ha sido una pesadilla, y nos han...

permalink written by  NuiM on November 10, 2008 from Muang Khong, Laos
from the travel blog: Un viaje por el sudeste asiático

Bye Bye Laos!

Well its been awesome, Laos was all I expected and more, not a bad day in the 3 weeks (except maybe that bus) and to be honest i'm sad to leave. Vientiane is pleasant enough. Its got street lights which was a shock and its really bloody hot. No hills all around its another town on the Mekong....

permalink written by  Dan on August 31, 2008 from Vientiane, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Fun and games in Vang Vieng

Vang Vieng is a weird place. A small little village on a big river surrounded by huge Karst mountains covered in green jungle. Its been over run by backpackers over the last few years and is now famous for tubing. Tubing is when you get an inner tire, get driven 3 km's up river start floating...

permalink written by  Dan on August 28, 2008 from Vang Vieng, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

The Plain of Jars and more UXO than you can shake a stick at!

Just one day here on the toursit trail theres not much else to see than the one attraction but its certainly worth the visit. The plain of jars is around 1000 unexplained, hand carved stone jars spread across 54 different fields. The jars vary in size form regular jar size to about 1 or 2...

permalink written by  Dan on August 26, 2008 from Phonsavan, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Vieng Xai, 'The Hidden City' and 'The Secret War'

I've learned a lot of stuff i really didnt know sice I've been in Laos, not just that you shouldn't jump into knee deep mud and expect to keep your flip flops. Vieng Xai is the birthplace and former capital of the Pathet Lao, the communist faction that replaced the royalty in 1975. This was...

permalink written by  Dan on August 23, 2008 from Vieng Xai, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

The bus trip from hell... except i'm in Laos!

I should have known when the chap at the bus station giggled and raised his eyebrows as I collected my ticket, "You do know its 15 hours?" "Yeah" I scoffed, thinking back to all those hellish chinese sleeper trips. I'll start with my buying of the ticket from the friendly agent. He was a...

permalink written by  Dan on August 21, 2008 from Sam Neua, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

A not particularly well deserved rest!

Its difficult to imagine I'm still in Laos, though LP is a small and quiet place it sticks out like a sore thumb when compared to the rest of Lao I've seen so far. The reason for this is its French influence from the colonialisation (not sure if that's a real word!) in the 1940's and this...

permalink written by  Dan on August 21, 2008 from Luang Prabang, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Slow boat down the Mekong

Took a 2 day trip down the Mekong the day after arriving back from the trek. It takes you and seemingly all the other tourists in this corner of Laos to the fine French concession and UNESCO heritage town of Luang Prabang. The Mekong was fast and big as the last moths rains had seen it swell...

permalink written by  Dan on August 17, 2008 from Muang Pakbeng, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

My first leech and other tales from the jungle

There is little to do in Houayxay town itself it serves as a border crossing to Thailand across the swollen Mekong river and you can also take river boats from there to central Laos a trip i'd be taking later in the week. The town another one street quiet place is also home to the gibbon...

permalink written by  Dan on August 15, 2008 from Houayxay, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Bit of a washout

All the treks were cancelled and the river was too high to raft on but Louang Namtha was still a pleasant introduction the the more relaxes Laos ways that I will be experiencing over the next month. Its a nice little town, incredibly small its actually the capital of the northern province of the...

permalink written by  Dan on August 12, 2008 from Louang Namtha, Laos
from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

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