Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang

January 15th 2006
After parting ways with Claire and Marianne I caught a minibus up to Chiang Khong, a small town in Thailand on the border of Loas. The bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Khong took 6 hours and I stopped over a night at the border, unfortunately my room was directly above a bar which was blaring out music all night. Since I couldn't sleep I thought I should just go down for a drink. I met up with a Scot ... read more

Asia » Laos

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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Laura Jane Pirie (ellie)

Rockin all over the world

Have spent the last year working in Edinburgh to save for my RTW ticket (though the festival meade a bit of a dent in the savings - damn Speigletent!) Now I'm FINALLY on my way, leave tonight for Dehli. Yippee! Update - was supposed to return to bonnie scotland in november '06 but fell in love with australia (just like so many others before me have!) and am still here.... 2007 holds travels to vanuatu (feb) new zealand (april) and finally in june home (boo) though i'll have an Aussie in tow and hopefully will get a stopover in Tokyo en route. Update 2! I am home and planning my next trip... full info

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