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March 08, 2005

Laos recap

We’ve been spending the last 6 days in northern Thailand recuperating from our final days in Laos. We spent nearly a month in Laos and traveled almost the entire length of it by road. Contrasting it to Thailand, the biggest...

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March 04, 2005

A long way from business class

For those of you who think all we're doing here "on vacation" is lying on the beach drinking cocktails, this is how we spent our Monday - trying to get 200 km (or 125 miles) from Luang Nam Tha to...

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March 02, 2005

Chickens in the kitchen

I must start this story in Phonsavan, where we were sitting around talking after dinner when I heard a rustling of dishes coming from the kitchen. I turned to Amie and said “there must be chickens in the kitchen.” Shortly...

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March 01, 2005

Living it up in Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang (LP) was like a vortex. We originally planned to spend just 2 days there but ended up staying for 5 nights. It was strange because even though the town is beautiful and famous for its wats (temples), we...

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February 21, 2005

Mysterious Plain of Jars

We left Vang Vieng with regrets but felt it was time to move on. Our next stop was Phonsavan, which is the main starting point for tours to the Plain of Jars. This region is dotted with 60 known sites...

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February 20, 2005

High in Vang Vieng

Vang Vieng is well known as a place where you can get all sorts of drugs, from opium to hash. But no “happy pizza” for me as travel is my drug and I got my high from 5 days of...

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February 14, 2005

Vientiane

Ah, Vientiane (population 150,000), capital of Laos and City of The Scandinavian Bakery, where you can get free refills on coffee and hot milk to put in it (definitely a rarity in these parts). Vientiane is also home to not...

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February 11, 2005

Lazier in Laos

Life is so hard for us here in Laos. We wake up early as the sun shines through the thick curtains. We then promptly turn over and go back to sleep and wake up at a decent hour like 9...

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February 05, 2005

Lazy in Laos

Bootsnall blogs come in handy not only for entertainment purposes but also for useful information. I had been following Llew from "Llew Wanders the World" and knew that he had made the infamous quasi-official border crossing between Cambodia and Laos...

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