Archive for the ‘Laos’ Category

Don Dhet, Laos

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Photos captured on February 17/18/19, 2008 [gallery=19]

Fishing trip in Mekong with Lao fishermen

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Photos captured on February 19, 2008 [gallery=18]

Vientiane, Laos

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Photos captured on February 13/14, 2008 [gallery=17]

Traveller’s disease - Where next ?

Friday, February 15th, 2008

When you travel alone, you get this disease very much frequently. Where to head next? Is it to the cold mountainous north or sunny lush south ? Either this closer tourist hub or this farther remote forest village ? You turn your guidebook several times, hear-out the fellow travellers, seek ...

What do you eat in Vientiane ?

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Vientiane - Feb 15, 2008 If you think that i'm pouring in Thai or Lao food in Vientiane, just forget it; i'm digging-in deep into European cuisine..... French baguettes, Scandinavian tuna sandwiches, Hot cocoa for breakfast; Swedish pizzas for lunch; Salade nicose, Salmon with butter and lemon, Boeuf Steak (ofcourse well-done) and a carafe of ...

Cycling in Vientiane

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Vientiane - Feb 13, 2008 Bicycling around the streets of Vientiane, you discover that it wasn't really a city as it desires to project. It was just a large town or even just a large village. But why are these slow moving traffic coming up face-to-face with you ? And in empty ...

The most COSTLY dinner - 61,000/- !!!

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Vientiane - Feb 12, 2008 Yes, can't believe it? I just had the most costliest dinner of my life : 61,000/- No, i didn't break-in into any bank or was i drugged. ... Yet, it didn't bankrupt me or empty my savings a/c ? It wasn't also expensive... What? Costly but not expensive. Yes, luckily the currency was a ...

It’s afterall, a small world !

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Vientiane - Feb 12, 2008  As you walk across the restaurant-lined streets of Vientiane, the capital of Laos; you hear a familiar loud voice. And you turn back and see the Spanish-Argentiane couple who you met 7 days before in a night tour of Ayudhaya, Thailand.   As good long last friends, we erupt ...

Entering Laos

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Vientiane - Feb 12, 2008 Laos was my real targeted country for tourism and because of the accessibility and complimentary reasons, Thailand also got added up. The words from fellow travellers who are returning from Laos on the way are multipling my expectation to go into Laos much earlier and also ...