Laos


Kuang Si Falls in Luang Prabang: The Most Beautiful Waterfall You’ve Ever Seen
I had just arrived in Luang Prabang and, by some luck of the universe, I was staying at the same guesthouse as a group of travelers I had previously met...
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Taking the Slow Boat From Thailand to Laos (and Trying to Bribe the Border Patrol)
“No no–you don’t come! No paper in passport!”
The Thai man at the border between Thailand and Laos had begun shouting at a Canadian girl at our table. He had been...
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I Went to Vang Vieng and Didn’t Go Tubing: Fed Up with Tourists and the Takeover of Tourism
After 31 days in Southeast Asia, I was fed up.
It had been 11 months since my move to Greater Asia, the majority of which had been spent living like a...
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Hot Air Ballooning in Vang Vieng, Laos
It was 5:30 in the morning and I could barely open my eyes. I had avoided tubing in Vang Vieng so I could wake up early enough to catch a...
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