Luang Prabang - hunting for coffee, avoiding the alms circus, and learning to drive an elephant... January 9th 2013 The trip from Vientiane was a long bus ride up route 13, the trip taking a total of about 12 hours. We had read so many reviews about the road being treacherous at best, so windy and in bad condition that boarding the bus was like flipping a coin on whether or not we would live to see another day. We had also read that the scenery for the second two thirds of the trip was some of the most beautifu ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang 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
We are Sadie and Øyvind, she is 28 and Spanish-American (raised in Barcelona, American by passport) and he is 35 and Norwegian all the way. We are married and live in Oslo (moved here together in 2008) and we both work in film and TV, Øyvind is a photografer and Sadie is a director working as a koordinator/AD :)
We are quitting our jobs, packing up and leaving for the trip of a lifetime together! Our plans are to be gone anywhere between 6 and 10 months, and we hope to get off the beaten track and maybe work/volunteer along the way in order to better get to know the countries we visit and t... full info