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Luang Prabang: 9496 Days

Friday, January 20th, 2006

January 12. Normally, if I spoke to my Mum on this date, the majority of her sentences would begin, “X years ago today….” or in this case, “26 years ago today….”

Laos. Luang Prabang. This is where I would spend my 26th birthday. I could hardly think of somewhere better.

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Luang Prabang: Are You Marry?

Friday, January 20th, 2006

The thing about Laos is, you never have to rush. And although I’d heard this before from other travellers, it remains a difficult thing to rid yourself of Western habits overnight. That’s how we ended up rushing to catch our slow boat from Pak Beng for the second day of our trip to Luang Prabang.

When we disembarked the night before, no-one seemed to know what time the boat was leaving the next morning; everyone was too preoccupied with scrambling across a narrow gangplank in the rapidly fading light, balancing precariously with packs on their backs, and fighting their way up the steep, sandy slope to be the first to the decent guesthouses. Bec and I meandered our way up the slope, and were soon at the door of a shady looking guesthouse, having been ushered there by a young girl, “Where you from?” She had asked. “You very pretty.” She had said. To Bec, not me. You fool.

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Mekong River: Open What?

Monday, January 16th, 2006
9am on the 9th of January, and Bec and I were sitting in the back of a pick-up truck with 6 other travellers, legs akwardly pushed aside by the row of packs resting in the middle of the tray, being ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chiang Khong: Simplicity

Thursday, January 12th, 2006
After the overwhelming craziness of Bangkok, the peaceful town of Chiang Khong was exactly what Bec and I needed. The town was made up of one main road, with just a couple of minor dirt tracks running across it every ... [Continue reading this entry]

Bangkok: In Transit

Sunday, January 8th, 2006
Well, I'll be the first to admit that, given that this is a travel journal, Bec and I haven't exactly done a lot of travelling over the past two months. Seven weeks in the Czech Republic, and three-and-a-half in Germany, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lubeck: And a super New Year

Monday, January 2nd, 2006
Vvvvvvwwwwooooooooooom!!!! Vvvvvvvvwwwwooooooooooom!!!! Vvvvvvvvwwwwoooooom!!!! The sounds of rockets firing filled my ears. Smoke engulfed everyone around me in the narrow, snow-covered street. For as far as I could see in either direction, rockets were being propelled into the air amidst a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lubeck: Happy Christmas

Monday, January 2nd, 2006
Back in August, we organised to rent an apartment in the German town of Lubeck for two weeks, from December 20th rigth through to January 2nd. We were being joined by, at various times, ten other friends; including some of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Dresden: The Sound of White

Thursday, December 29th, 2005
10am, and we walked out of the Dresden train station into a land of white. A good sounding hostel was located not too far away from the station, and we began walking gingerly through the snow to get there, despite ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cesky Krumlov: Hello, Beardy

Sunday, December 18th, 2005
rustle rustle....... silence rustle..... "Did you hear that?" whispered Bec across the pillow, through the darkness. rustle.....rustle rustle.......silence "Yeah. Is that.......is that a mouse?" I asked, hoping like hell it wasn´t. "Yeah, I think so." "Should I turn the light on?" "Yeah, better." It was the middle of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cesky Krumlov: Minutiae

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
I wake around 10am feeling lousy; a combination of the head cold that has taken hold of me the previous afternoon, and the beers I drank in spite of it. To sooth my head I reach for my headphones; some ... [Continue reading this entry]