The Plain of Jars: A View From the Streets of Phonsavan

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May 4th 2012

Published: May 6th 2012

One misjudgement after another is how this trip began. After several days of Pee Mai Laos (The Annual Water Festival), I bought an overnight bus ticket to the Plain of Jars in the mountainous Xieng Khouang province in the northern part of Laos near Vietnam. For some reason, I decided to walk to the bus station, some 10km outside of town. I arrived nearly an hour late for my bus, the last one of th... Read Full Entry

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6th May 2012

Sandra Beecher
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Adventures
I see that you are back on the road again. No job prospects in Indonesia? it sounds as if you are having a good trip and the photos are great. Love, Sandy

6th May 2012

ZJB
Zachary Buttel

Hugs
Lots of hugs to you. Doing some volunteer work in Thailand right now after a visa run in Laos, the source of this latest blog.

6th May 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

MOPEDS, MOPEDS & MOPEDS
If there is a blog dedicated to the moped...this is it..!!!

19th May 2012

Helen Buttel
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Stolen moped can't keep you away from the Plain of Jars
I'm exhausted just reading this, Zak. Walking 6+ miles and sleeping on a mosquitoey bench in the bus station?. Really made me appreciate the photos even more. All the photos of mopeds-- sort of Freudian wish-fulfillment? But the jars are amazing , and memorable. Relieved that the US didn't bomb them off the face of the earth. Love, Helen & Bob

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