November 12th 2009  Asia » Laos » East » Plain of Jars
Most tourists make the trek to Phonsavan to explore the mysterious Plain of Jars, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Phonsovan region has another claim to fame: it's one of the most bombed areas in th ... 10 photos [full story]

November 11th 2009  Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan
One of the fundamental rules of the roadtrip, in any culture, seems to be that the driver gets to choose the music. Period. End of story. Non negotiable. And everyone else just has to deal with ... 3 photos [full story]

October 14th 2009  Asia » Laos » East
Today we drove all day to our Home stay in the small town of Hin Boun. Stopping shortly before the town, we let the min-bus go the rest of the distance while we boarded former B52 fuel tanks and cruis ... 18 photos [full story]

May 1st 2009  Asia » Laos » East » Vieng Xai
Time to leave Vietnam! After the hectic and sometimes stressful time we had, we don't think it is too soon either. We therefore board an early morning bus from Hue to cross the border at Lao Bao - the ... 14 photos [full story]

May 19th 2009  Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan
To get from Luang Prabang to Phonsavan we needed to back on the nerve-shredding route 13 and head north. Fortunately, our driver this time seemed slightly more sane and the journey wasn't quite as fri ... 20 photos [full story]

May 3rd 2009  Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan
We got the bus ok to Udomaxi but had decided on the way that the place we all really wanted to go to was the little known town of Muang Vieng Tong in the far east of the country. Our bus didn't arriv ... 33 photos [full story]