Blogs from Khong Island, South, Laos, Asia - page 3

We left Phnom Penh in the early afternoon, retracing our steps 75ks to Skoun, (home of the deep fried wolf spider by the way), where the road splits off to the east. It was a smooth ride, pretty trafficy close to the city but we didn’t exactly get up and out early to avoid that. After a great day of riding the sun set on us so we turned on our lights and continued on for a few km. At one point Nikki lost sight of the edge of the road and went off into the dirt breaking one of the clips on her rear pannier in the process. Instead of fixing the clip we checked out this little store/restaurant across the road. We talked to the owner and asked if there was a place for ... read more

as it implies in the title of this entry, I am done as in ill but I shall start at the beginning and bear in mind that even though some bad things happened yesterday I'm fine now... ominous I know! okay so I got here Tuesday and met this Aussie girl named Isabelle and we bought tickets to go to Don Det and Don Khon for Wednesday then we went for a walk in the blistering sun. Wednesday I get up and don't feel that good but I assure myself that all I need is some water and a little something to eat, so I eat and drink. When I get to the boat I feel worse and want to stay behind but I go along anyways. About halfway there I start to puke over the ... read more

ATTAPEU.....DIE ABGELEGENE PROVINZHAUPTSTADT wir sind auf dem weg nach attapeu, dem hauptort der gleichnamigen provinz. dieser suedoestlichste teil von laos schlaeft seinen dornroeschenschlaf. zumindest seit ende des vietnamkrieges, waehrend dessen hier die hoelle los war. hier haben die vietcong fleissig auf dem ho-chi-minh pfad fuer nachschub durch den jungel gesorgt. noch fleissiger haben hier die amis ihre tollen feuerwerke veranstaltet und testeten dabei, wie effizient die ausloeschung des planeten wohl sein koennte. wie schon so oft, sehen wir auch hier die uxo mit ihren lastern die heisse ladung einsammeln. WAS ZUM TEIFFL TUN WIR HIER DRAUSSEN..... ausserhalb von attapeu gibt es hauptsaechlich mon-khmer doerfer, erreichbar in der sengenden hitze ueber zum teil sehr anstrengenden dirtroads. um so verwunderlicher ist es, dass immer wieder gerade in solchen gegenden ploetzlich ... read more

I added some pictures to the last entry, make sure you take a look. We had a change in plans, and decided to go see Cambodia before we went through Vietnam. This allowed us to see Southern Laos on the way. We to had a "VIP Bus" from Vientien down to a southern Laos town Called Pakse. The bus was an overnight ride, about 11 hours long. The bus was certaintly VIP, but with a lot of flavour of Laos culture. Each window had pink curtains with turqoise ruffles on top, there was a tv up front blasting kareoke or Lady Boy comedians, we had stewards wearing weird little uniforms going up and down the isle bringing us food, and the outside of the bus was pink and yellow! Once it came time to unload the ... read more

Trek to waterfall Uphill, downhill. Pretty steep Lots of stamina! This morning we had an early start and a bit of a morning "hike" with our tour leader Mr. Ling. On the agenda was to walk through a coffee plantation and visit two water falls. There were some pretty steep sections to climb both up and down. With all the dry leaves strewn everywhere it made it a bit slippery. Damn my sandals are like ice skates! The first waterfall we came to was the one opposite where our bungalows were situated. The second waterfall we actually were able to go in for a dip and boy was that refreshing! Quite the reward! There was an optional afternoon hike that only myself and Penny opted to do. This hike went up to the plateau. Nothing too ... read more