Laos Stories


Stay calm

It’s an unknown country, quite isolated from the outside world; yet has the perfect laid-back atmosphere. I’m back in Laos and it has been exactly what I needed. Vietnam will be no different than China, stress-wise, and thus I decided to relax here for a while. It’s been a year since I’ve been here, and it seemed to me an accomplishment to reach it this...


Laos, Chiang Mai, Pai and invasions of Canadians

these past 2 weeks have been some of the best of my life. My week started out taking a 12 hour train ride to Vientiane, Laos. From there it took 1 tuktuk ride, a 4 hour van ride, and then I finally arrived in VENG VIANG!!! Veng viang is a very unique place in a valley in Laos. It has one loooonnnnngggg river running through it, which is where all the ac...


Um Mao to Nakorn Phanom to Thakek in Laos

The morning started off well. The shower was working and I was able to enjoy warm, if not hot, water to assist me in my ablutions. I took breakfast on the alcove at the front of the house. A few twigs were shorn down, some pieces of charcoal prepared and then – somewhat to my consternation – the barbeque was started with a ‘fire-lighter’ that turned...


I can drink it, just don't try to walk in it!

This trip, I decided to start off calmly – no 20minute dashes to the airport to be the last in the check-in queue and just make my plane – no, I’m gonna have a ‘relaxed’ weekend in Phnom Penh, watching the Dragon Boats race across the riverfront from the Mekong to the Tonle Sap. So, the capital’s 2 million swelled to double as many Cambodian’s flocked ...