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Life in Laid Back Laos – Laos
Life in Laid Back Laos
Laos
Sunset over the Mekong – but the fish aren’t biting!As the sun set, the fishermen went out on the river in their narrow dug out canoes with huge white fishing nets, weighted at the rim. Gathered up, swung gently back and thrown out wide and then slowly, p
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Suntan Laotian – Laos
Suntan Laotian
Laos
People thought I was a lunatic for coming all the way to Laos, a landlocked nation without any beaches, for a “vacation”?
Even I thought I was out of my mind.
After a couple of days lying on the grass in the hazy egg-yolk-shaped sun of Vientiane, a Southeast Asia
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Laotian Transport – Luang Prabang, Laos, SE Asia
Luang Prabang, the jewel of Indochina, is a small village in Laos that UNESCO plans to maintain that way under its World Heritage program. The ancient royal city is surrounded by mountains at the junction of the Mekong and its tributary, the Khan River. The tasty food, great markets, warm clima
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The Vang Vieng Veg: Lao Women and Falaang Men – Laos, Asia
Vang Vieng
It was a day of kickin’ back, hiking, swimming and caving in Vang Vieng. I was walking back to my guesthouse after a quiet dinner when I came across a bar with a pool table. Well, it was too early to go to bed. One of the guys playing was an Israeli whom I had met several times in
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How do you say Happy Birthday in Lue Mien? – Ban Chong Ka, Laos, Asia
I have had quite the adventure getting to my destination of Ban Chong Ka, a small village located in northern Laos. The monsoon season started in Laos; the roads were a disaster. It was an insane road trip that took 12 hours from the border town of Huay Sai to Luang Nam Tha. The truck I was tra
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Heading Down River in Laos – Asia
Heading down river in Laos, I wonder is this a dream or reality? I am nearing the end of my stay in Laos; my visa expires in three days. I have been staying at a guesthouse along the banks of the Nam Tha River. Across from my guesthouse is the boat landing where the river really comes to lif
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Canoe Racing on the Nam Tha River – Laos, Asia
At 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, I ran headlong into Lao time. Until then everything had gone like clockwork: no missed flights, no lost luggage, no forgotten reservations – everything smooth as silk. Planes, trains and automobiles – all on schedule.
The long-tail boat that car
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A Rainy Week in Laos – Asia
It was a week of torrential downpours, exhaust-spewing buses, roads in disrepair, primitive lodging, cancelled flights and suffocating humidity. For the love of god, if you’re going to visit Laos, don’t do it during rainy season.
To a southern Californian like me, being prepared for rain means
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Unique Tips for Travelling Through Laos
Having just returned from travelling almost the entire length of Laos, (well, almost, I cheated and stopped at Luang Prabang) here are some top tips for staying sane on your travel adventures in South East Asia’s sleepiest country.
Finances
Ok, let’s start with the practical: money. Pretty cru
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Trading Places – Laos
Laos is the only land-locked country in Southeast Asia, and the most easy-going. There is a reason that this placid nation has a reputation as “Laid-back Lao” – most everything is very peaceful and slow, with very little hassle from vendors or touts. Most of the populace are Buddhist, with abou
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5 Dishes You Shouldn’t Leave Laos Without Trying
Having lived in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand for the past 11 years, I finally got a chance to visit Laos and was struck by the natural beauty of the country ― everything from waterfalls to rivers to caves to large swaths of undeveloped, unfarmed land ― a rarity in the region.
It really shoul
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How a Pencil Made Me Appreciate Life
As Americans (or citizens of any western society), we take many things for granted. Despite always having our basic needs met, we sometimes complain about not having enough of this or that, and the this or that is usually a luxury that certainly isn’t necessary just to live. These luxuries just
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Elephant Festival
The Elephant Festival in Laos is held in the north once a year. This year it was in Sayaboury a town several hours southwest of Luang Prabang. Many people in town set out to see the Elephants and enjoy the festival. Tiger Trail made an event of it as well offering transport and
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Concrete spirits in Vientiane
Image by www.jeffreyalanmiller.files.wordpress.com
Once upon a time, a mad monk swam across a river.
Well, “mad” is in dispute, and certainly impolite. And actually, he wasn’t technically a monk, though he is respected as a religious man. Let’s call him a visionary. Bunleua Sulilat
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Hearts of stone
I’d been wanting to go rock climbing for ages, but somehow I just never got around to it (like surfing, sigh)—until two weeks ago. And then last week. And this past weekend has just passed without my stepping into a harness and then out into thin air, and I feel terribly deprived.
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Introducing Hanna – Our new Intern…
Hi my name is Hanna and I am from Sweden. I am working as an intern at Tiger Trail in their Fair Trek Responsible Tourism Division. I will be here in Luang Prabang, Laos for three months. During this time I will put up a post once a week where I tell you about different projects
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Relative distance
There are lots of ways to travel in Lao PDR. Slinging through Lao mountain turns on a motorbike? Fantastic. Getting a cheap, last-minute ticket for a twelve hour bus ride? Not so great.
The bus trip from Vientiane back up to Luang Prabang was almost comically bad. Every Lao person
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Mahout Experience at Elephant Village
An Elephant Adventure in Luang Prabang at the
Elephant Village
A story from Fair Trek team intern in Luang Prabang, Laos. Last Saturday I went on a tour and my time was mostly spent on an elephant’s back and it was great! The day started with a bumpy, but fun tuk tuk ride to the E
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Chinese Shopping in Luang Prabang
This past weekend, I and some friends made a visit to the Chinese Shopping Mall which opened in Luang Prabang, Laos just a few months ago. It really stands out, you can´t find a store like this anywhere in town. In the shopping mall you can find pretty much everything, from grocer
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A Motorbike is the best way…
Riding a motorbike in Laos is the best way to explore the true Laos…
You’re free to travel at your own pace and speed, you can stop anywhere you like without arriving in a vehicle as big as someone’s house, and in a country like this, with so many remote pl
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