Tag: Laos
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Laos Part 5 – The Mekong’s 4000 Islands
Our van journey from Pakse took about 3 hours, and it was enjoyable watching the countryside fly by out the window. We arrived in Nakasong around 3pm, where we found our awaiting boat about 200 metres from where we were dropped off. We crossed the loading platform to the boat that would take us to…
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Laos Part 4 – The Bolaven Plateau
A Flight to Pakse Having done a lot of research on how to make our way south to Pakse from Vientiane, we finally reached the conclusion that it was going to be much more straightforward to fly instead of doing a 13 hour bus journey on rather average roads. Shaun and I had seriously considered…
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Laos Part 2 – Falling in Love with Luang Prabang
After a bumpy 10 minute tuktuk ride into the city centre, we arrived at Villa Pumalin, the guesthouse where we had booked in for six nights. We always try and give the kids a settled period after a few days of back to back travel, and we were so glad we had chosen to do…
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Laos Part 1 – Sailing Down the Mekong to Luang Prabang
A Local Bus Experience We arrived at the Chiang Rai bus station around midday, leaving us plenty of time to try and find a few more US dollars (rare as hens’ teeth in this part of the world) from the local currency exchange places, and pay a final visit to the beloved 7-Eleven for a…
Off On Our Next Adventure 