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Asia » Laos » South » Savannakhet November 17th 2005

Vietnam came and went in the flash of an eye... I barely spent 2 weeks there, before the call of Laos got louder and louder. Vietnam went a little like this : Arrived in Hanoi to be greeted by Sarah and a few of the rest. There was a brief Monkey Janes Reunion before all the swedes followed their own paths for a while. Hue was a beautiful city, close to a secluded beach. Old, very French buildings in an assortment of different colours. The Perfume River running through it to the ocean. We spent a couple fo days pottering around the town, taking in the Citadel, Hue is an old Vietnamese capital, so is full of history. Being reluctant to pay to enter old monuments, mountains, temples, or well anything that you are ‘supposed’ to ... read more
Vang Vieng Sunset
Climb-Take 1

Asia » Laos » South » Savannakhet June 9th 2005

Well it's been a while since I've written, and we've been up to a lot. In Vang Vieng we went tubing (we being team Beerlao, eight people from the trek and two aussies we picked up at the border). Tubing consists of floating down the river in an innertube. What makes it so great is that all along the river banks there are "bars" set up, where you can go off some crazy jumps and rope swings if you buy a beer (this is where team Beerlao earned its name). The last jump of the day was a swing that you stand on, and a bunch of guys pulled you back super high and then let go, launching you into the water. Of course the more scared you are, the farther you are pulled back, so ... read more
the Flying Fox
the swing
Who needs a bridge?

Asia » Laos » South » Savannakhet August 2nd 2004

Rain is the common theme since I left Vientiane at 5am two days ago.  On the way to the bus station it pelted down so hard I thought the tuk-tuk driver had parked us underneath a waterfall.  The sound ofthe rain hitting the bus station's tin roof was so loud I had to shout at the guy behind the ticket counter for him to hear where I wanted to go.  The seven hour bus trip to That Khaek went surprisingly quickly. I sat next to a very nice Lao woman who gave me gum and tried to share her baguette and dried chicken with me.  She insisted on speaking to me in Lao once she knew I could speak the language a little bit; mostly it was beyond me and even though I kept apologizing for not understanding what ... read more




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