May 2016 in Vientiane, Laos Three times lucky? The best for last? What are the odds? Next to zero, still, it could happen. But it didn’t. There are not many places in the world that can top Luang Prabang / Vang Vieng duo and Vientiane is not one of them.…
May 2016 in Vang Vien, Laos There are places and there are places. And then there are … places. I will never know how come I’d never heard of Vang Vieng but I hadn’t. Perhaps I don’t quite fit the age group that typically visits this place or perhaps a…
May 2016 in Luang Prabang, Laos In the junction of two rivers, the Mekong and Nam Khan, against a scenic mountain backdrop, right beneath mount Phou si (150 meters high steep hill) lies one of the most charming places in the world – Luang Prabang. Never, in a million years,…
May 1-2, 2016 No matter how accurate someone’s travel account is it is still up to a reader to determine how ‘accurate’ it really is. Just like reading a book. Give the same book to 100 readers and you’ll have 100 different interpretations. The power of the written word –…
last days of April 2016 One highlight in traveler’s everyday life is meeting other travelers and exchange information, experiences, stories, gossip and above all socialize with kindred souls. On one such occasion, I met an Australian couple – world travelers who have been ‘everywhere‘ and have seen ‘everything‘. Their best travel…
