Category: Hostelling

Reflections on Laos

July 13, 2017

Laos is a beautiful, underrated country, with so much more to explore than the tiny bits I touched on. There’s the islands in the South (including Don Det and Don Khon), the caves in the north, the central belt, the Mekong, the mountains…. Laos is a hot bed of green landscapes and luscious farming culture; … More Reflections on Laos

Day 27 in South East Asia – Seeya Laos, You’ve Been A Lot More Than I Bargained For!

July 13, 2017

Vientiane, Laos: My last full day in Laos was spent getting some cultural internalisation. And what I really mean by that, is taking photos of a shit tonne of Buddahs, visiting a museum, and drinking Beer Lao with an old friend. The day started well – the sun was shining, I had a spring in … More Day 27 in South East Asia – Seeya Laos, You’ve Been A Lot More Than I Bargained For!

Day 26 in SE Asia – Vientiane, You’re So Underrated!

July 11, 2017

Vientiane, Laos: After meeting Frenchy this morning for coffee and a lengthy chat about love and possibilities, life and people, work and family, we parted ways, not knowing if we were going to cross paths again. She’d offered me a place to stay if I was ever in France, and made the gesture with absolute … More Day 26 in SE Asia – Vientiane, You’re So Underrated!

Day 25 in SE Asia – Good Things Are On The Horizon

July 10, 2017

Vientiane, Laos: Yesterday the rain was relentless. Today even more so but with bursts of sunshine in between the downpours. In any normal situation this amount of bi-polar weather would get me down; dreariness dampens my desire and a greying sky flattens my mood. I was of an attitude though that it would not happen … More Day 25 in SE Asia – Good Things Are On The Horizon

Day 23 – Gangnam Style, Saving Graces, and a Change of Pace.

July 9, 2017

Vang Vieng, Laos: After the disappointing start to my time in Vang Vieng, and after concluding it was bottom of the barrel dumpsville, I kind of thought it was best to give it another chance. I’m all about second chances (under the correct circumstances, of course), and decided that having a look at VV during … More Day 23 – Gangnam Style, Saving Graces, and a Change of Pace.

Days 22 in SE Asia – How Quickly Beauty Can Turn to Squalor

July 8, 2017

Somewhere in the ghetto, skid row, downtown dumpsville, aka Vang Vieng, Laos: I left Luang Prabang on Thursday afternoon, headed for Vang Vieng. I now wished I hadn’t. I’d fallen in love with LP at first glance; a peaceful little gem nestled perfectly at the side of the Mekong, mountains protecting it on either side. … More Days 22 in SE Asia – How Quickly Beauty Can Turn to Squalor

Day 20 in South East Asia – Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls … ?

July 6, 2017

Luang Prabang, Laos: As with the lax attitudes of the Vietnamese people towards organisation, it became apparent that they probably operate in the same kind of way in Laos too. And sure enough, like clockwork, the complacent tuk-tuk driver we collared last night collected us from our respective hostels at 8am sharp and ferried us … More Day 20 in South East Asia – Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls … ?