FROM VIENTIANE TO HANOI Our time in Laos came to an end today as we caught an Air Laos flight from Vientiane to Hanoi. We got to enjoy a sleep in and a slow start to the day, with our flight leaving from Vientiane’s tiny Wattay International […]
THE BUMPY ROAD TO VIENTIANE Sleepy Vientiane is built along the Northern bank of the Mekong River, right on the Laos/Thai border. Laos’s capital city sits in the river valley lowlands and is hot and steamy – the kind of place where nothing happens fast and no […]
THE STUNNING SCENERY OF VANG VIENG Nestled along the banks of the Namsong River, in amongst the karst hills of central Laos, Vang Vieng is a small town with a great laid-back vibe to it. The scenery around here is nothing short of spectacular and there are […]
A DAY EXPLORING THE MARKETS OF LUANG PRABANG & SWIMMING AT KUANG SI WATERFALLS For our second full day in Luang Prabang we chose to go exploring a little further afield, and so caught a tuk tuk out to Kuang Si Falls. There we swam in the milky […]
WE FOUND UTOPIA IN LUANG PRABANG! Today felt like our first “real” day in Laos; although we’ve technically been in the country a while, the last 2 days on the slow boat haven’t really felt like we’ve been IN Laos. The slow boat journey down the Mekong was […]
Wandering Soles 