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Asia » Laos » North February 16th 2016

Après la belle arriver dans cette petite ville nous nous renseignons sur le trekking pour tout d'abord le faire tous seul mais finalement décidons de le faire avec une agence grâce à un bon filing et le fait que cette agence fais en générale 1 trek par semaine ( soit pas tout plein de touriste qui font tout le temps la même chose) départ prévu le lendemain à 8 heure ! Ce seras un trekking Erwan, notre super guide Mrs Bong et moi ! Nous partons donc dans le coeur du parc naturel Nam Ha en 4x4 et ensuite c'est partie pour le trek au coeur de la jungle, ont ce rend très vite compte que sans guide ce trek serait impossible ou très dangereux ! Après quelques heure de marche premier repas qui nous fait ... read more
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Asia » Laos » North » Luang Namtha February 13th 2016

Après cette petite semaine tranquille la mouvance ce remet en route ! Luang Prabang - Muang Xai : Pour cette étape ce sera un bus pour ce remettre sur le chemin du nord, petit coucher de soleil dans les hauteur de la ville au temple en haut de la colline ! C'est la que je retrouve pars hasard Erwan, nous repartirons donc à vélo ensemble le lendemain et pour quelques jours ! Muang Xai - Namor: 60 km Nouveau départ à vélo dans les montagnes ont profite du paysage, mange à ville et passe au marché pour des provision pour le soir ! De la ont ce plante la tente à côté d'une rivière et au programme du soir petite sorte de ratatouille ( Courgette, Aubergine, Haricot ,Tomate, Choux, oignons ... ) Namor - Luang Namtha: ... read more
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Asia » Laos » North February 7th 2016

Hello again everyone!! For our next leg of the journey we drove a few hours to a major city where we flew to the city of LuangPrabang (population 50,000) in the north of Laos. Our first impression was very positive in that it is a clean and quiet city with a laid back feel set in the lush mountains. As Laos was a french colony at one time, there definitely is a French influence seen by the architecture, buildings, restaurants and bakeries. It reminded us of being in France. So far in general we have found things very inexpensive in Laos. Lunch would be a couple of dollars and dinner around five or six dollars. I also got a pleasant surprise in that good French wine is available in Laos and at a very reasonable price. ... read more
A sample of the French buildings
A lovely dining spot along the river

Asia » Laos » North » Luang Namtha January 18th 2016

Day 59 - I had to double check this! It's gone very quick, though I also feel I've done and seen so much, grateful that I've had the chance to be in these places so far. Part i) --> It was time to move into a new country. My first visa entry was up and though I felt so settled and happy in Thailand - I could easily have had another month up in the north and to especially get to Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, and let alone Chiang Mai - I would get to these places later on and now felt excited to step into places and cultures a new. I guessed that I'd have to learn the new subtleties, the new 'obviouses' and all the little daily things which I probably hadn't quite ... read more
View from guesthouse
Street scene
Temple construction, layers

Asia » Laos » North » Muang Ngoi Neua January 10th 2016

Le Laos a été une des très bonnes surprises de mon voyage. J'avais entendu pas mal de mauvaises choses à propos de ce pays isolé (infrastructures limitées, gens très peu aimables, nourriture médiocre etc.), mais j'ai toutefois décidé de lui donner sa chance. Je réalise également que j'en suis à un point dans mon périple où je commence vraiment à maîtriser mon voyage, et la tournure que je souhaite lui donner. Après la Thaïlande, le Cambodge et le Vietnam, je commençais à connaître un minimum la région indochinoise, et plutôt que de m'enfermer dans le classique Luang Prabang-Van Vieng-Vientiane, j'ai décidé de faire quelque chose que j'avais peu fait jusque là, à savoir aller me perdre dans les petits villages de campagne. Après un rapide changement de bus à Dien Bien Phu, je passe la frontière ... read more
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Nong Khiaow
Sur les bords de la Nam Ou

Asia » Laos » North » Luang Namtha September 27th 2015

Møjn! Nogle vilde dage i Champasak var overståede og vi havde brug for at komme til civilizationen igen, næste stop hed Luang Prabang i det nordlige Laos. I fugleflugt er turen egentlig ikke så lang, men halvdelen af ruten går via den smukke, men ikke så rare, vej gennem snoede grusstier i bjergene, 22 timer ialt i bus. "Route of death" bliver den også kaldt da der er indtil flere busser der er styrtet over kanten. Vi valgte for en gangs skyld komforten og tog et fly - 45 minutter så var vi der. Rart :) Luang Prabang, som er på UNESCOS verdens naturarv liste, ligger indhyldet i et flot, bjergrigt landskab og er en gammel by, kendt for den fine blanding af Lao byggestil blandet med Europæisk kolonistil. Der ligger også flere templer i byen ... read more
Pitstop på moto for at købe pomelo
Elefanter på vejen, så venter vi da bare!
Tat Kuang Si, direkte grimt er det ikke :)

Asia » Laos » North » Luang Namtha July 21st 2015

Sarah: On our last night in Luang Prabang we revisited the same wine bar from the previous evening (they give free nuts, try and keep us away!). A carafe of chilled Merlot later and we were ready to find some dinner. We wandered the nice relaxed streets of the old town before settling on a busy looking restaurant on one of the main streets. We still had an appetite for Lao food and so went for some local dishes: a delicious vermicelli noodle dish for Nick and a simple but yummy fish stew for me. The next morning was our third early morning in a row to get our minibus north to Luang Nam Tha. Whilst waiting for our brekkie 45 minutes before our departure time the owner of the guesthouse (who had sorted out our ... read more
The trek begins!
Enjoying the trek
Lunchtime!

Asia » Laos » North » Muang Ngoi Neua July 21st 2015

Muang Ngoi: Another riverside location but more of a smaller village, made up of dirt paths extending only a couple of streets back from the riverside. Unlike Nong Khiaw there was a less developed feel here, possibly owing to its small size and lack of any real road infrastructure and so fortunately (for us) this place had no motorised vechiles. This village could only be acessed by boat. Unlike Nong Khiaw with its sleepy, almost ghost town atmosphere; Muang Ngoi, although smaller felt more alive. We could not put our finger on why it did (as afterall it was still a small riverside village with amazing scenery). Later it dawned on us why these two riverside locations were so different..m With Nong Khiaw (previous village) split into 2 by the river, this created somewhat of an ... read more
Laos sausages
Nam Ou river
Long boat

Asia » Laos » North July 19th 2015

Nong Khiaw After a total of 4 days trekking in the last week we were more than ready to take a much slower pace. Instead of heading further north as initally planned we decided to head south. We were going to 2 riverside villages known for their beautiful scenery and atmospheric but slow paced village life. Getting out of town by local means was not as easy as we initially thought. The tuk tuks work together with the local tour agencies often refusing to take people to the bus station without a pre-purchased ticket. Not wanting the hassle we purchased our bus tickets via a tour agency on the main road which included the tuk tuk ride to the out of town bus station. Our supposedly 6 hour journey to the mid-way town of Pak Mong ... read more
Fisherman checking his net
Village amongst the forest

Asia » Laos » North » Luang Namtha July 15th 2015

Once again we say goodbye to one country and hello to another. See you again China. Crossing the border into Laos was fairly straight forward as the trip went. The time it took to leave Chinese immegration took much longer for us than the other travellers and locals crossing the border. We had the whole bus waiting for us getting irritable due to the extra processes needed to check whether our passports were genuine. Many people were being let through and we were told to stand aside like we had done something wrong. After waiting patiently for 10 minutes after we should have been let through we asked the duty manager if something was wrong with our passports (calmly may I add) and got shouted at agressively and told to step back. Chris told P to ... read more
Our 2 additional guides on day 2
Taking in the view at the end
Adorable girl sussing us out.




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