Tag Archives | Laos

Duane’s Asia Wrap-up

By on August 10, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

   5 Months in Asia – My Adventure From Singapore Slingers to Peaking Duck, what an adventure Asia has been. Spending five months traveling our way overland from Singapore to Beijing. Traveling Asia was fun, Hard and more rewarding than anything I’v ever done. It has taught me that you really don’t need much in [...]

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Kim’s Asia Wrap-up

By on August 7, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

KIM’S ASIA WRAP-UP Starting in Singapore we couldn’t have asked for more The start of our journey – it’s what we had been waiting for, Malaysia so untouched and wild Had us running through the jungle like a child, While in Thailand at Muay Thai Knees, elbows and kicks would fly, Laos taught me happiness [...]

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Eating and Drinking Asia

By on June 29, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Food and Drinks, two things Duane and Kim can’t live without. As we make our way around the world we are of course encountering many types of food and drinks we love and hate and some things we have never heard of before. You can find just about anything and everything to eat in Asia [...]

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Going Round the Bend Sent My Ass On Strike

By on May 15, 2012 in Laos

As the clouds merged, thunder cracked and lightening lit up the sky; we wondered what the hell had possessed us to be in the middle of nowhere, on a scooter during a wild Laos storm … the reason for our madness – THE LOOP! We had survived Tubing in Vang Vieng but that was not [...]

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A Wet & Wild Laos New Year

By on May 6, 2012 in Laos

  The Laos New Year is celebrated every year from April 13th – 15th and we were lucky enough to be celebrating in the city of Luang Prabang - known as the best place to be in Laos at this time of the year. We soon discovered why Luang Prabang was so popular as the streets became crowded with people [...]

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Boat Racing, A Home Cooked Meal and the Village Lifestyle

By on May 3, 2012 in Laos

Arriving in Nong Khiaw after a four and a half hour trip which we thought was in a bus but this is Laos, the land of the unpredictable - it turned out to be in a strongthrow (a converted pick-up truck) with 18 other people. This is a truck that should by rights only have 10 people at the most in it [...]

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Sipping Beer Lao on the Slow Boat – Huay Xai to Luang Prabang

By on April 27, 2012 in Laos, Thailand

Below are details and pictures on arriving in Laos from Thailand and taking the slow boat down the Mekong to Luang Prabang. It was a simple journey but amazing to see such a difference in two countries just by crossing a river. Laos is one of the most bombed countries in the world, it is poor [...]

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