Taking a slooooooow boat on the Mekong is a once in a lifetime trip .
A once in a lifetime trip that I've now done twice.
You either hate this journey or you love it. I love it.
One can't really call it a pleasure cruise but I personally think it's a great trip.....just be prepared for a numb bumb that's all!
Sailing up the Mekong was pretty cool; the scenery was lovely! Mount...
Rob and Dana, the three of us, got on really well. Dana is a photographer and teaches photography to high school students in Perth, WA. Rob on his travels is fed up with seeing travellers with big ass fancy cameras with huge lenses who don't know how to use them...forever on automatic!
Photoshoot time. Rob and Dana the photographers, I was nominated as the shoots subject. I don't have too many p...
We did actually make it out of Luang Prabang town and visited Kuang Si Waterfalls.....
Again travelling by Tuk Tuk we went for 40,000 kip, (20 thousand entrance fee on top of that). Great outing!
The sun makes such a huge difference to your day though...
I wouldn't bother to go with any of the tours, I reckon they'd be a rip off. The water at the falls was just an amazing milky blue colour an...
I met Dana when I was working in Croatia in 2004.
She then moved to London for a stint and we became good mates. Together we travelled to Cuba back in '06..... I've travelled with my fair share of people but I travel really with Dee...everything just seems to gel, and work; and without much effort at all. I reckon a rare gem of a travel buddy!
She moved back to Australia in 2006 and I haven't s...
I love Laos.
I rate it in my list of one of the top 5 countries in the world to travel!
Okay so confession time from Kyles. I'd never even heard of Laos before 2004 when I somehow ended up there. I mean I didn't even know the country existed! How's that for ignorance?! Shame. It's tragically one of the most bombed nations on earth.
But I fell in love with Laos last time and I loved Laos just...