Laos

Huay Xai to some Village — Amazing 48 hours - Part I

**Heads up-this travelogue is really long. So if you want to look busy at work copy it into a Word document and you'll get out of real work for about 30 minutes!!! We woke up at 7:15 AM to begin an... read →

Nam Tha — Amazing 48 hours Part II

The driver snored all night, the 20 year old rolled his legs on to mine at one point and roosters started their wakeup call at 4:15 AM. It started getting light at 5:00 AM and the village was slowly... read →

Luang Namtha to Muang Sing — Chinese Border

We took a sawngthaew from Luang Namtha to Muang Sing today. At the bus station we me a couple from France who recommended a placed called Adima 8 km outside of Muang Sing. They just came from there... read →

Muang Sing — Sizzle

We walked ten minutes away from guest house today with Roy and Ellen into a local village. All the adults were gone for some reason and we only saw children who begged for pens and candy as we walked... read →

Muang Sing — Lazy Day

It rained off and on all day today plus we were not feeling well. We laid around all day reading and writing in our journals. We spent most of the day in our little mosquito net fort because the bugs... read →

Muang Sing to Oudomxay — Luang Prabang today?

Today we hoped to make it to Luang Prabang. We started the day by waking up at 6:00 AM so the guest house could take us into to town at 7:00 AM. Their white board reads, Rides to Muang Sing at 7AM... read →

Oudomxay to Luang Prabang — Aonther scary bus ride

The 8:00 AM bus finally took off about 8:35 AM to Luang Prabang. The driver drove way too fast for these mountain roads. Our bus broke down five times. Here is me waiting while they fixed the bus the... read →

Vang Vieng — Spelunking

Today we decided to tour some of the countryside around Vang Vieng. As we discovered when we arrived the area surrounding the town is quite gorgeous and is surrounded by limestone cliffs and caves... read →

Vientiane — City Tour

Today the rain eased up so we decided to tour Vientiane's sites for the day. We started out walking to the Patuxai- Victory Monument which resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe. The area was nicely... read →

Phonsavan — Plain of Jars

We took our last long distance bus ride today to reach Phonsavan to tour the Plain of Jars. The 9 hour bus ride passed through some striking scenery but the music they were playing on board almost... read →