Sarah on the crowded bus from Vientiene to Vang vieng

November 22nd 2011
On the morning of the 22nd November, we arrived early in the morning at a travel agent in Vientiane to take a bus the three and half hour drive north to the town of Vang Vieng. We were expecting to have a smaller vehicle pick us up and take us to a much larger bus. This is what the travel agent explained to us and it would seem that every one that boarded the smaller van was told a similar story b ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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

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Sarah and Mike

Firefly and Lazarus

This travel blog is intended to be a place where we chronicle our November 2011 through the end of March 2012 journey through Southeast Asia and India. For those who are new to this blog, we would like to share a little about ourselves. Sarah is originally from Minnesota and graduated from Argosy University with an Associates of Applied Science degree focusing on veterinary technology and is currently employed at a 24 hour emergency veterinary hospital in Anchorage Alaska. Mike was born and raised in Anchorage and has been a proud member of the IBEW local 1547 for the past 15+ years, and has... full info

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