Local Woman Harvesting the Rice

November 17th 2009
Sabai-dii (Greetings), this is the only thing you’ll hear from the locals in the most amazing chilled out place we’ve ever been too. Si Phan Don, its literal English translation is the Thousand Islands. The Four thousand Islands is a stretch of the Mekong that during the rainy season stretches out to a breadth of 14km, the river’s widest point along its 4,350km journey from the Tibetan P ... 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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Tony and George

Hi there, This is our first ever time "blogging" so hope it goes well and doesn't bore anybody. The best thing about this blog is if you subscribe the website emails you when we've updated it so you don't need to keep checking. For those who don't know (surely there isn't a living soul who doesn't know???) the aim of our trip is to get to Australia without getting on a plane, after extensive research we reckon this probably isn't going to happen once we get to Indonesia, but we will try our hardest to achieve this goal and will definately go the furthest we can go by train/boat/bus/bike... full info

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