The morning after our evening at the karaoke brothel our Laolao hangovers were worse than ever. But never mind – we woke up early, ate a breakfast of fresh doughnuts from the market, chugged a few thick, sweet cups of Lao coffee, and hit the road. After three days on the motorbike, I was asking [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Laos’
The Road to Buffalo Shit
Posted in Laos, SE Asia, tagged Attapeu, Bolaven Plateau, buffalo shit, Champasak, Korean BBQ, laolao, Laos, Mekong, motorbikes, Olsen twins, Pakse, Paksong, Se Don, Wat Phu on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the bike with Wes and Stu
Posted in Laos, SE Asia, tagged Attepeu, Bolaven Plateau, karaoke, Laos, Luang Nam Tha, Luang Prabang, Nong Khai, Pakse, Paksong, Tadlo, Thailand, Ventiene on September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yes yes it’s been ages since I posted. Beyond my well documented laziness, Laos somehow fails to inspire writing. I’ve been surrounded by beautiful nature, charming old colonial towns, bamboo villages clinging to hillsides, and hundreds of half-naked children shouting “sabaidee!” (hello!) as I go by, yet none of that seems create anything to write [...]
OK, it wasn’t *exactly* a brothel
Posted in Laos, SE Asia, tagged Laos, Luang Nam Tha, tourism, traveling, trekking on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the past week I’ve been holed up in the delightful Thoulasith guest house, situated in downtown (so to speak) Luang Nam Tha, Laos. LNT is a wonderful base for trekking to the surrounding hill-tribe villages, some of which lie in the nearby Nam Tha National Protected Area. At least that’s what I’m told. I [...]
Buses and mud: getting stuck and finding kindness
Posted in Laos, Vietnam, tagged Black Hmong, broder crossing, buses, Dien Bien Phu, hill tribes, Hmong, Laos, Luang Nam Tha, Luang Prabang, Manychan, Muang Khua, Muang May, Red Dao, Sapa, Taufin, Vietnam on August 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I wrote this post in two stages…. August 6 I just arrived in Muang Khua, a village on the Nam Ou river in northeast Laos. It’s the next-to-last stop on a four-day journey from Sapa, Vietnam, to Luang Prabang, a tourist town in the center of northern Laos. My four travel companions and I arrived [...]
Enemy territory and the no-fly list
Posted in Indonesia, SE Asia, tagged Bali, Bangkok, diving, Indonesia, Komodo, Laos, Planning, scuba, Thailand, Ubud, Vietnam on July 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m in Ubud, Bali – deep in enemy territory. On the surface it’s pleasant enough – rice fields, jungle, good eats, friendly Balinese. But it’s also the scene of the final, most sickening section of my nemesis: Eat Pray Love. And evidently, according to the Lonely Planet, since the publication of “that damned book” hordes [...]
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