 | Rainy days...
2002-10-28, Vang Vieng, Laos. By: todd | | Well after Gregor and me were absolutely happy that we got our pics burnt on CD in Chiang Rai (Thailand) a couple of days ago no good news for today. we dropped the camera and somehow we don't know ho... |
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 | Naked Somersaults on the Riverbank
2002-10-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: djsproule | | I realize the title of this journal may have led the Brampton readers into thinking that our good friend Greg Bechard has come to visit us in Asia. Needless to say, there is a funny story to go with ... |
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 | Travelling Farting Disco
2002-01-28, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | We were waved off by the woman from the hotel (was that a hankichief fluttering in her hand?) and then went to the airport to catch a plane back to Vientienne. Though was a bit concerned that it looke... |
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 | Monk(ey)s Tea Party
2002-01-27, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Up early at 6am to see the monks do their morning walkabout collecting alms from the local people. A huge line of tourists lined on the path, locals frantically pushing orange flowers and punnets of ... |
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| There's no wine in this
2002-01-26, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Woke up to a misty morning with fog hovering over the rivers. We sat in a cafe sipping our tea and looking down the quiet streets. It was slightly cool and calm - a bit like an autumn sunday back home... |
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| Italian Job ... Laos style
2002-01-25, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Took the bus in the morning to Luang Prabang, following windey roads through mountains that looked like black eroding teeth ... with spinach. Clouds drifted over them and occasionally over us making t... |
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 | Buddhas-ville
2002-01-24, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Wondered arround Vientianne checking out some Wats. First Wat Si Saket ... the supermarket of the Wat world, wall to wall shelves full of Buddhas of varying sizes. Monks pushing their shopping trolley... |
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 | Rolling on the river
2002-05-07, Vientiane, Laos. By: oncearound | | We started our Sunday bright and early. On the way to the bathroom, I had to sweep away the dead roach that was being cosumed by ants. Fortunately, I was able to use Sarah's toothbrush to get the jo... |
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| Big Sky Country - in Asia
2002-05-06, Vang Vieng, Laos. By: oncearound | | Hello again from lovely Laos,
Kasey and I took off from Luang Prabang in a better bus than we expected...not air-conditioned, but not overloaded, and all the seats still had their original vinyl...... |
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| Lovely Luang Prabang...
2002-05-02, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: oncearound | | Hello again from a new land of hot sun and an ever-present sweaty brow...
We arrived safely via the speedboat in Luang Prabang with a complimentary souvenir sunburn to remember our time on the Mekh... |
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| The Mighty Mighty Mekong
2002-04-30, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: oncearound | | After crossing the Mekong by ferry, we found ourselves at the Lao P.D.R. immigration office. We crossed from Chiang Khong, Thailand into Huay Xai, Laos and the differences were not readily apparent. ... |
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| Big Fat Wad ... laaarveley
2002-01-23, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Went to get some kip ... the currency of Laos (what is going on ... are these lot making it up?). Now there are 13,000 kip to the pound (due to low confidence caused by ridiculously named currency). F... |
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 | Plastic chair express
2002-01-22, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | We continued our journey in another bus ... fortunately this one had proper windows and no farm animals with nervous bladders on the roof ... though it was considerably more cosy than the previous bus... |
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 | Golden Shower
2002-01-21, Savannakhet, Laos. By: nsuffield | | .... er no! Stiff, hassled by insistant black market money changers tapping at the windows the driver finally waddled along and told us to get out of the van and walk accross the border, along with th... |
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 | new photos
2002-03-28, Vientiane, Laos. By: sasha_shei | | hi everyone, we are back from our few days in vang vieng, should be off to Hanoi tomorrow. no big news, just hanging out, i shaved off my beard 'cause i felt like a change. shei got a shock and starte... |
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| welcome to laos
2002-03-24, Laos, Laos. By: sasha_shei | | please excuse the journal title of thailand, this website won't allow me to change it to laos.
So we crossed over the border into laos. this involved getting stamped out of thailand, being packed... |
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 | Beeg bugs.
2002-03-08, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: dan | | Sabaa di! I trotted across the border to Laos a few days ago, and on the bus to the border was accompanied by 4 baskets of courgettes and, of course, the obligatory chicken (complete with beady eye)... |
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| Only a quick visit
2002-01-26, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: nsuffield | | We got to Luang Prabang quite late in the evening, only to find out that all rooms had been booked out or were ridiculously expensive. We didn't give up though and managed to find a sweet little hotel... |
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| Wats and monks
2002-01-22, Vientiane, Laos. By: nsuffield | | Finally we had arrived in Laos. We only spent a night in Savanaketh and then moved on to go to Vientiene. It is Laos' capital and really quite pretty. Apparantly it is the darling of the international... |
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 | WHAT !!!
2001-11-15, Vientiane, Laos. By: cpeely | | It's current joke between Pete and I that we shout this when either of us says the word Wat.. IE. Temple and believe me that after seeing 10's of them for weeks on end.. you need something to promote ... |
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| The Dissentry Diet.
2001-11-13, Vang Vieng, Laos. By: cpeely | | Good news for all those needing to loose a few pounds on the run-up to Christmas. Forget those hours of sweating in the Gym, ignore the fantastic claims of diet pills (which conveniently ignore the s... |
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| Another Hippy Hide out..
2001-11-11, Vang Vieng, Laos. By: cpeely | | It's 10:12 pm and I'm in Vang Viang. or something loosely resembling that name...
in Laos anyway. Our guest house sits on the edge of the largest expanse of tarmac I've seen
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| Millionaires
2001-11-10, Luang Prabang, Laos. By: cpeely | | As we stood at the beaureu der black market currency I couldn't decide whether to leg it or jump for joy as it looked like Pete had just robbed the place. In his sweating mits was more notage than a ... |
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