The first daily flight of two from Pakse runway was our next destination of Siem Reap in Cambodia. We boarded a very new and respectable Lao Airlines 36-seater, with a scummy Lao meal included on the 1hr30 flight! What was even more impressive was Siem Reap airport. An oriental external pitched roofed look and very modern luxurious black and white marble interior with exposed timber roof structure above. There was sculptures, artifacts and water features scattere...

We arrived in Pakse in preperation for our next morning flight across the inaccesible land to Siem Reap, Cambodia. This town felt not much dissimilar to the Laos capital, many travellers pass through to get to Four Thousand Islands, which we didn't have the time to explore unfortunetaly. That night before the flight we experienced the most dramatic and exciting thunderstorm I have ever experienced, lightening stuck the town many times and I swear the thunder w...

Having tourist conviences everywhere around you has usually been useful and comfortable in the past. With Laos being the least developed of the SEA countries, the capital tends to be functioning as a working city. It became more difficult than usual to find guest houses, restaurants and bars, the city is used as a transition city to connect to places. We stayed for 1 night, during the day we met up with our friend Tom ...again. The three of us visited a few tem...

The 6hr minibus journey from Luang Prabang to the small town of Vang Vieng could only be described as epic. There was not a stretch of straight road more than 50m, the entire trip winded around the northern Laos misty-topped mountains. Parts of the road nearing our destination had no hard surfaces, only a tretreaous potholed mud and gravel track! That was comfy! The town of Vang Vieng is a must stop for young travelers, it lies on a flat plateau and consists of t...

Dear long awaited subscribers! I have been slightly lazy on the blogging. I am actually in Saigon, central Ho Chi Minh City in South Vietnam. I have blogs coming covering my journey from Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng and Pakse in Laos, Siem Reap, Angkor Temples and Phrom Penn in Cambodia to HCMC in Vietnam! From Pak Beng we floated down the Mekong to Luang Prabang, the formal Royal capital of Laos. A cascade of impressive mountains surround the small city of 66'00...