Blogs from Luang Prabang, West, Laos, Asia - page 6

After a bit to eat at the hotel it was time to say goodbye to Cambodia and move onto Laos. Our original itinerary had is travelling up through Cambodia by bus, crossing the border and visiting various places in Southern Laos before arriving in the capital Vientiane. After doing so many bus miles in Peru, we decided to scrap this itinerary completely and fly to the Northern part of Laos, to Luang Prabang, so we could spend our time doing stuff. T It was whilst we sat in the airport, bags checked through, that we remembered we needed our passport photographs for the Laos entry visa. Well, there was nothing to be done but wing it. We needn't have worried, they took our $30 per person and didn't even ask for the pic. Luang Prabang is ... read more

Rob Writes: I’m still in a state of shock. I had eaten nearly three large portions of that fried pork. On the bright side though, I’m sure I’ve unknowingly eaten worse when I’ve ordered the ‘Fried Rice & Meat’ dishes that are all too common round these parts. It ruined the following days breakfast though so I cheered myself up with French toast, bacon and maple syrup, no beetle. Where were we? Next up was our journey into Laos. I’d read a lot about this and felt that I knew enough and it was time to just go for it. We had played with the idea of booking a tour, arranging the entire thing through a tour agency to take the way to Luang Prabang but decided against it for a number of reasons. How hard ... read more

It sure isn't quiet here in the morning. From 6.30am the cockerel starts, then there are the dogs, barking, yipping, sounding like they are being strangled and now we have the Carpenters shalalalalaaaaing from somewhere downstairs. Where is the pharmacy woman with her slipper when we need her? Definitely the upstairs rooms here are nicer. Polished wooden floors and doors, cleaner, a shower curtain and a view of a building site and phone mast. The reception, which also doubles up as the family living area, has mostly been manned by the father of the family lately, and he's very smily and helpful. They have photos on the wall and a very old lady in a woolly hat is always around sitting in the sun (sometimes the hat comes off). It must be his mother. She is ... read more

Our last night wasn't very peaceful until very late. At 10.30pm the Chinese group were still demanding extra blankets and shouting to each other up and down the stairwell, and arguing the toss over a couple of dollars here and there. We were in the middle of them, on floor 3. We were reading, so irritated but not annoyed. Yet. By 11.30 when we had stopped reading and wanted to sleep we were annoyed. Sam, dressed in very little, opened the door and SHHHHHHHD them, 3 times, very loudly. They did quieten down then and close their door, but the action had woken Sam up completely and she wasn't tired any more. This was not good! In the morning I bumped my bag down the stairs, hoping to wake a few of them up, we had ... read more

Départ de Vang Vieng de bonne heure, la première étape ce fait dans un petit village ou ce trouve la Nola guest house, les 55 kilomètres qui y mènent sont s onctueux et arrivé sur place un lieux magnifique l'on peu partir ce balader dans des villages de toute beauté ! Je vais donc y rester deux jours en compagnie de Douan et Alex ! Le soir venue match de foot avec les Lao et le lendemain petite journée tubing avec tout les back pakers de la guest ! Puis départ pour les sources d'eau chaude 40Kilomètre petite journée ! Le soir petite baignade avec les Lao c'est la que je rencontre Erwan avec qui je continu-ré ma route mais le lendemain après seulement 10 kilomètres mon pneu me lâche avec un jolie trous, heureusement directement ... read more