Bars, cafes, restuarants, massage parlours, internet cafes, hole in the wall retail shops, night markets and street vendors - the five or six blocks in this area was buzzing with life and energy.
Dash from LP to Siem Reap for the New Year and 'Wat'not December 28th 2012 My original itinerary call for my travels to take me further west and north into Laos and then back around to the east. I hadn't even considered Cambodia as a destination this time around. All this changed after a chat with a friend who suggested I could go to Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia) - for New Year's Celebrations and watch the first sunrise over the ancient city for the first time ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang 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
I wish I had discovered this blog years ago. I did the mass email update for my previous adventures (United States and Europe) and now have no online documentation to share with fellow travelers.
To the chagrin of some friends and family wanderlust has struck again. I managed to stay focused for nearly a year and a half in a job related to my college education, however the desire to travel has grown strong again and can no longer be suppressed.
I have secured a 12 month Visa for New Zealand and hope to document this adventure for posterity, or at least the life of the TravelBlog.
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