Luang Prabang, Laos – You can tell you are getting tired of planning when you start relying on the walking tours in the guidebooks. The tour in our LP seemed pretty good so we set out for a morning full … Continue reading →

Vientiane, Laos –  We arrived in Vientiane to find the first six guesthouses full, and were forced to join little groups of tourists wandering around looking for an available bed anywhere. We finally found a hotel that was pretty nice … Continue reading →

Central Laos – The Lonely Planet described it as a great adventure with rough roads and breaking bikes and a fellow traveler  we met told us stories about learning how to say “boiled eggs without fetus” in Lao so that … Continue reading →

Don Det, Champasak, Savannaket, Laos – We had not been in Laos long before finding ourselves lazying in hammocks, nursing fruit shakes, and realizing that even reading was too much work. The tone was set by the speed bump of … Continue reading →