Blogs from Muang Kwa, East, Laos, Asia

Après cette grosse réparation de vélo, Arthur avait donc prix de l'avance en direction de Muang Khua, Du coup, bus pour Muang Xai, 6 Heure de route le bus n'est pas très rapide dans le nord du Laos, Une fois arriver dans la ville pas de correspondance pour la suite, de faite recherche d'une guest house, petite balade et découverte des produits locaux dodo. Le lendemain départ pour Muang Khua histoire de retrouver le Arthur qui m'attendait là! Durant le bus ma seille de vélo a était perdu mauvais serrage de ma pars! Par la suite nous sommes rester la histoire de gravir une petite colline et de partir tôt le matin pour le Vietnam... Info voyageur: In Undomxay: -Vilavong Guesthouse à 50 000 kip la chambre bien propre ! - Phu That pagoda petite montagne ... read more

A las 11am era la salida del bote de Nong Khiaw a Muang Kwa, condicionada por la presencia de al menos 5 pasajeros; al final éramos como 20 personas y una moto (al parecer aquí transportar una moto es como transportar una maleta cualquiera); era una canoa de tamaño mediano con algunos asientos súper cómodos (asientos individuales como de carro que podías hasta reclinar) que tuvimos la suerte de agarrar antes de que se empezara a llenar y empezaran a sentar a la gente en cualquier lugar. El viaje duró un poco menos de 6 horas y ha sido hasta ahora la mejor manera de moverme de un lugar a otro en todos mis viajes, el paisaje era hermoso: montañas, aldeas en los márgenes del río, niños que jugaban y que al vernos nos saludaban a ... read more

Awake just after 6:30am and back to the Bus station to find out what time the bus is due to leave. 6:50 and we are told that it leaves at 7am. No English but we work out that it leaves from down the road and around the corner. Rush back to the hotel. Ian rushes up to the room, packs and throughs the packs down the stairs to me. Down the road we go to find out that the bus is the other side of the river. Onto a small long boat and we are hurrying up the hill to the bus. What hurry, it did not leave until 8 am. Again the same story as yesterday - people, goods and livestock onto the bus except today not as many people and the bus works. The ... read more

As always I hope all is well with you and yours. For those of you who are receiving my travelblog for the first time - welcome wow time is really flying and i am rally far behind in my blogs. i can't believe it is "the holiday season" already (well not here in asia). Before I tell you about life on the Nam Ou river in laos I wanted to let you know how things are going here in Vietnam. I came overland from Laos to Hanoi about two weeks ago. I spent several days in Hanoi getting caught up ... before taking off to Halong bay, one of vietnams most visited tourist areas. from there i went back to hanoi and took an over night train to Lau cai and then a van to sapa. ... read more