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April 15th 2008
Published: April 15th 2008
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Ok, so I last left you after our trek through the jungles of Northern Thailand. Here we are in Vientiane (The Loa capital), a couple of weeks later, finding ourselves right square in the middle of the Lao New Year celebration. It has been an incredible couple of weeks in Laos- 2 harrowing bus rides, a brush with French colonialism in Luang Prabang, doing backflips with Buddhist monks at a local ... Read Full Entry



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The Aussies square off...The Aussies square off...
The Aussies square off...

The First Annual Vang Vieng Swing Bar International Table Tennis Competition...
The inevitabel mudfight...The inevitabel mudfight...
The inevitabel mudfight...

When there are buckets of mud for sale for 10,000 kip, you know what is going to happen, and there is no avoiding it... Just smile, grab a handful, and sling away!
Maverick and Goose...Maverick and Goose...
Maverick and Goose...

I feel the need, the need for SPEED!
And Fede after the Lao Lao bucket...And Fede after the Lao Lao bucket...
And Fede after the Lao Lao bucket...

Really, we were just tired from being on the river all day. Honestly...
Pha That LuangPha That Luang
Pha That Luang

The most important site in Lao Buddhism, and a national symbol of Lao Soveriegnty
At the Sunset Bar in VientianeAt the Sunset Bar in Vientiane
At the Sunset Bar in Vientiane

Enjoying a COLD Beerlao after the waterfight festivities...
Sunset over Vientiane...Sunset over Vientiane...
Sunset over Vientiane...

So long, Laos! We had an INCREDIBLE time!



15th April 2008

Finally! You're my Hero.
He travels halfway across the world to have a mudfight with girls in bikinis.

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