Blogs from Tat Lo, South, Laos, Asia
November 21st 2009
Salut tout le monde :) Le 21 au matin on avait prevu de se louer une moto pour faire le tour des plus interessantes chutes du plateau bolaven, mais le gars a la location nous a suggere de partir deux jours. On a pas ete tres difficile a convaincre etant donne que Pakse n'a pas grand chose a offrir. D'abord on est parti sur une moto dont l'odometre ne marchait pas, on est donc revenu pour en avoir une autre qui avait le meme probleme, alors on a eu droit a une moto neuve. On est reparti dans le grand vent vers le plateau, traversant de petits villages et de nombreux champs de cafe. On s'est meme permis d'entrer en moto dans une plantation pour voir ce a quoi ca ressemblait de l'interieur. On a eu ... read more
June 25th 2009
Oh my god, we step out of the minibus after having had a great catch up with some really great English girls to be faced with Ellie and Ade the guys we met in India and traveled with for 2 weeks in China. So random, after many squeals of delight and much jumping up and down we spent the next few hours (5) catching up on each other escapades and laughing at the fact that they had 'done' Cambodia in 5days!!!!! Unfortunately they were heading off to Vientiane and we were heading out the following day to Tat Lo so maybe we will meet in Thailand?!! Didn't get swindled by the the tuk tuk driver and didn't have to pay a different price at the bus station. Hurrah!! 25'000 kip to Tat LO, come on!! Actually ... read more
December 17th 2008
We took an overnight sleeper bus from Vientiane to Pakse, a dusty (again) town in Champasak, a southern Lao province. A sleeper bus! This was such a luxury, albeit one that probably defies most modern safety regulations. Not that that's any different from most travel here. The bus had wide bed berths on either side. You climbed into bed, under your provided blankets and pillows and snuggled in for the ride. We were given sausage and vegetable dumplings for dinner, and I fell asleep watching the moon cast slim columns on the asphalt and listening to Terry Gross interviewing Tina Fey. Podcasts do wonders to make extended travel sustainable. We spent a day in Pakse eating real, down home Lao soup, featuring a host of organs from at least four different animals, and watching the Champasak ... read more
