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Tubing in the Vang Vieng

Tubing in the Vang Vieng was something that everyone in Laos talks about and buys that flipping awful t-shirt.. anyone that has spent 1/2 a day in Bangkok will know the one... so VV was something that had to be done. Em and I werent exactly sure what to expect, the rough outline that we could...

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Michael Russell on June 7, 2009 from Vang Vieng, Laos

from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty

Another Crepe please ....

No stop on the trip following a nasty bus ride was Luang Prabang. LP is a lovely little town perched it a couple of thousand metres above see level, thus it avoids the high humidity that the low lying areas of Laos are subject to. As with all tourist destinations in Laos it sits next to the...

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Michael Russell on June 5, 2009 from Luang Prabang, Laos

from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty

Ziplines & General Monkey Business

Houay Xai We managed to get across the Thai/Laos border without much fan fare, just the usual falang (foreigner) prices applying! Houay Xai is a sleepy small town, well really it just had one street, so it is a town in the loosest of terms. We were staying here as we were heading off the...

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Michael Russell on June 4, 2009 from Houay Ne, Laos

from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty

Don Det

(Michael) With the end of our month in Laos coming quickly. We only had four days left. These four days were set aside for one purpose, to relax in the 4,000 Islands. The 4,000 Islands are an Archipelago in the middle of the Mekong river in the southern tip of Laos. It's truly amazing how...

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katieandmichael on May 23, 2009 from Ban Dondet, Laos

from the travel blog: Katie and Michael's Travel Blog

The bus ride is sometimes as exciting as the destination

(Michael) From pakse our next move was south, to the small town of Champasek, to see ancient ruins of a temple from the Anchor era. So, as we were heading out of town to the bus station, we saw our bus had already left, and flagged it down as it was going past. It was the beggining of the...

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katieandmichael on May 22, 2009 from Champasak, Laos

from the travel blog: Katie and Michael's Travel Blog

Vientiane

(Michael) Vientiane, the sprawling Laotian capital and the largest city, is home to about 160,000 people. Here you will find the only convenient stores and the only supermarket in the entire country. After being in Laos for a couple of weeks, it was a little strange to see so many varieties...

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katieandmichael on May 15, 2009 from Vientiane, Laos

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Kevin Naughton on May 15, 2009 from Vientiane, Laos

from the travel blog: Around-the-World 2009

Beautiful land, beautiful people

The pictures really speak for themselves in Luang Prabang. After being in Asia for over a year alot of the temples blend together. Luang Prabang in Laos will re-invigorate the spirit to go temple diving. Before I delve into our time in Luang Prabang, half of the adventure was getting...

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zachel on May 9, 2009 from Luang Prabang, Laos

from the travel blog: Zack and Rachel's Asian Chronicles

Luang Prabang, city of romance

(Katie) I loved Luang Prabang. It's a diginified and lovely alien of a place, like a runaway Parisian neighborhood that started a new life in the tropics. The roads are lined with soft-hued French colonial mansions, many now turned into guesthouses, and giant shady trees. The city just...

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katieandmichael on May 8, 2009 from Luang Prabang, Laos

from the travel blog: Katie and Michael's Travel Blog

Laos?

Day 37 Got up and headed to the Friendship Bridge. It’s the passageway to get to Laos. Got there and there was a guy who helped us get through faster if we took his taxi on the other side of the border. So we did it. Then we probably did the sketchiest thing we’ve all done so far this...

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Matt Eastlick on May 4, 2009 from Vientiane, Laos

from the travel blog: Thailand Study Abroad

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