Treehouse no.1

The Gibbon Experience

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June 8th 2008
So after a good (ish) night's sleep we piled into the back of a pick up truck with our other intrepid explorers and headed off on the 2 hour journey to Boeko nature reserve. We'd heard so much about the Gibbon Experience (living in the trees, lots of trekking, zip-wiring from tree to tree and the very slim possibility of seeing real, live black gibbons) that we we couldn't wait to get stuck in. ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Bokèo Nature Reserve

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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