Blogs from Pakxe, South, Laos, Asia - page 7

Calm down, Lindis. Calm down. Dear english speaking people. I will write you a letter. Join facebook! Sallie: Hello! I'm looking forward to cathing up with you on email. THe language written on these pages are cryptic. Call it norwegian if you want to. Jeg orker ikke begynne paa alle de utrolig morsomme historiene jeg skrev om i gaar. Fresh start. Foerst av alt, kan jeg jo si at jeg er kommet til Laos. Ankom i gaar. Trodde det skulle bli forferdelig pes. Men til all lettelse og lgede, smilte folket. Jeg fikk dermed ingen svetteringer under armene. Svetteringer fikk jeg dog i haaret. Sola steikte fra rett over huet. Skyggen av meg selv var under min kropp. Saa jeg fikk ikke laget skyggehund med hendene. Buhu. I Thailand og Laos er det for tiden nyttaarsfeiring. ... read more

The sleeper bus....journey from hell So I was excited about the prospect of getting on a sleeper bus for our 10 hour journey to Vientiane. After several rather uncomfortable long bus journeys I was sure this was going to be first class...how wrong I was. One word of advice....never board a sleeper bus. The alarm bells started ringing when we actaully saw the bus...the beds appeared to be able to fit 2 people in them? Surely not...I mean who would want to lie down to sleep next to a complete stranger????????? Ughhhh yes they were. Fortunatley me and Claire had tickets next to each other so we were sharing a bed, bad luck for Lulu...every time a Laos guy got on the bus she was wondering whether he was about to board her bed... 30mins ... read more

The bus trip to Pakxe was a trial that I don't care to repeat any time soon. My first mistake was getting involved in an "English practice" conversation at the bus station, during which I agreed to sit with the guy through to his destination at Savannakhet. It turned out he'd picked a seat over the wheel arch, which isn't a problem if you're 5'6" but can be considered somewhat cramped if you're 9 inches taller and most of it leg. The bus had no A/C and stopped so frequently that even the local people were getting cheesed off. People here will use public transport for tasks as luggage-intensive as even moving house, so picking up passengers can take up 20 minutes or more. My conversation partner was replaced at Savannakhet by an irritating woman who ... read more

At last update we had arrived in Vang Vieng, did one day of tubing, and had a bus ticket booked south. Unfortunately, due to the sheer awesomeness of the tubing lifestyle, instead we were "forced" to cancel and postpone our bus ticket and hit the river for a couple more days. We were able to meet up with Chantel and Patrick, whom we'd seen down in Vientiane a week or so earlier. The few days on the river were a blast of course, we partook in the regular activities of floating aimlessly, flying off the trapeze rope swing, playing volleyball and enjoying Beer Laos, or "river juice" as we like to refer to it. Somehow we managed to wake up and not go tubing, and actually get on a bus and leave one of the most ... read more

Pakse We only spent one day in Pakse. The town was really pants but we all hired motorbikes and the waterfalls up on the bolavean plateau nearby were amazing! One you could swim in, and the other was really high!... read more