Cool kids on ATVs

January 30th 2016
The bus ride to Vang Vieng was harrowing. It was 5 hours of mountain roads on a giant bus zipping back and forth, up and down. A Lao man slept in the aisle next to me. We stopped a lot but were rarely allowed to leave the bus, and we really only were able to get out when an older Western man went up front to ask to use the bathroom. At the first bathroom stop, we got out and didn't get snacks beca ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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Kate MacDougall

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My name is Kate, I'm 26 years old, and I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in fall of 2012. I have my teaching license through Colorado, and I spent 2 years in Hungary teaching grades 1-4. I spent all of my time off traveling around Europe. I traveled for a year after high school as well, which is what all of my really old are from. Feel free to read and catch up! This blog is my primary way of staying in touch with people while I am away, but anyone is free (and encouraged) to read it. I spent the summer of 2015 working at home to fund a trip around Southeast Asia, w... full info

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