It looks like this little review has now become a habit, so let’s do it! 🙂– Duration: 28 days– Before: Vietnam– After: Cambodia– Expenses: 1500€/pers (with flight from Hanoi, without Elena’s birthday specials!) Our trip Interesting Facts (or not?)– Just… Continue Reading
The Bolaven covers a large area East from Paksé, on the other side of the Mekong river. It is big enough to spend a few days, but as we had only one day left before our next flight to Siem… Continue Reading
Champasak is the name of both the Paksé province and a town on the Mékong, north from Si Phan Don. Tourists usually come here for one thing: visit the Wat Phu Khmer temple, the little Lao brother of Angkor Wat.… Continue Reading
Poetically called “The four thousand Islands”, Si Phan Don designates the small scattered islands over the Mekong delta, at the southernmost area of Laos, before the Cambodian border. Visited by many backpackers, the area features two impressive waterfalls, which we… Continue Reading
After an epic ride in an overloaded minivan, we reached Luang Namtha, a small city close to the Chinese border and famous for being the base camp of many jungle treks. We won’t go into politics here, but it looks… Continue Reading
Nong Khiaw is a small town (or village) located on the Nam Ou, a tributary river of the Mekong, 4 hours north of Luang Prabang. We first heard about it while speaking with a French girl during our day hike… Continue Reading
To avoid a rather long journey by bus (and also visa scams at the Laotian border), we took a one-hour flight from Hanoi to Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang is quite different from the other South Asian cities we visited previously.… Continue Reading