Buffalo Stare Down

January 28th 2008
We left the Boliven Plateau and headed south, down the Mekong River, to the Four Thousand Islands. These little islands, which are set in the middle of the Mekong River are beautiful and, as the name suggests, there are thousands of them. We spent one night on the sleepy island of Don Khong....and we have to admit....it was a little boring. The highlight was renting "Turbo" bikes and riding aro ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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Chris Robb and Becky Alleyne

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We did it! We're packing it in and leaving our lives in Victoria ... at least for a little while. We'll be gone for about six months and we plan to visit India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. Although we've got our trusty guidebooks in hand, we don't intend to stick to any timelines or itineraries. We're going to go where the wind takes us ... okay, more likely where a third class train ticket takes us. We've decided to create this journal so that our friends and family can check in to read about our adventures and more importantly, so that Becky's mom ca... full info

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