After Christmas in Laung Prabang I headed North to Luang Nam Tha. I'd heard that there was a lot of good treking up there and there is. I did a 2 day trek and it was awesome! It was just hard enough and the only way to get to the villages is by hiking in. The people in the village were really interactive, it felt like they were really happy to see us, all the kids and animals and adults came to see us when we arrived. It was also just a beautiful forest, and rive...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I uploaded my jungle trek pictures from Um Pang, it was a great experience, and I'm already working on planning another one. I'd like my next one to be harder and longer and it'll be here in Laos, that's where I am now. I went from Um Pang to Sukhothai and spent a few days there wondering around the ancient ruins, glad I went, the ruins were different from the other ones I've seen and they're in lots of pictures. So now I can say "I've ...