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Off the Beaten Track in Northern Laos
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 17 November 2011
We are back in South East Asia, settled in Chiang Mai for the moment, but we can’t help our thoughts turning to Laos, just six hours away and one of our favourite Asian countries. Laos isn’t undiscovered but it certainly receives far fewer visitors than its neighbour Thailand.
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Three Rainy Days in Nong Khiaw, Laos
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 2 June 2011
Though the rainy season was months away, angry gray skies threatened on the morning I was scheduled to travel from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw, Laos. As if trying to outrun the impending rain, our maniacal mini van driver sped full bore through packs of children walking to school, straddling the center line as he [...]
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12 Reasons Not to Take the Slow Boat
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 20 January 2010
The legendary slow boat. Love it or loath it, all SEA travellers have their tales to tell. Most seem to loath the boat but to love moaning about it. We spent some days agonizing over whether to give it a go. Virtually everyone crossing from north Thailand into Laos takes it. Each morning the boat, [...]
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Luang Prabang….Ahhh, pretty!!
Blog: ally - 18 December 2009
We arrived at Luang Prabang airport on the smallest plane in the world…at least it seemed that way until we saw the smaller plane that Lao airlines were flying from Vientiane to Luange Prabang when we landed. We flew Bangkok Air which is a serviceable enough airline. Being a ATR70 (that’s code for IT HAD [...]
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