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Siem Reap - Day 1

( Asia )

Arriving in Siem Reap, where the famous Angkor Wat is situated, pointed out just how cheap and tourist free the trip had so far been. Suddenly we’d arrived in a place where a trip from the airport was $5 and a beer was $2.
After bargaining with a tuk-tuk driver to get a daily price [...]

Vientiane - Buddha Park

( Asia )

Where else in the world would have a theme park where the main attraction is an obscure three storey head that one can climb through? Vientiane in Laos of course! I’m using the term “theme park” pretty broadly here. While Buddha Park is based on the theme of buddhas, there isn’t a gravitron or ferris [...]

Vientiane - First bit

( Asia )

A warm city. Finally. We checked into the Orchid Guesthouse which we’d already booked. It’s down on the water, but it’s dodgy bathroom and lack of blankets made it not nearly good enough for the $15 we were paying.
We spent a chunk of the afternoon looking for somewhere else to stay. Our options were [...]

Vang Vieng

( Asia )

We had a “VIP” bus taking us to Vang Vieng. It was a little more comfortable and even came with a tv playing bad Asian pop music video clips. I had to turn my discman up REALLY loud to drown it out.
When the bus finally pulled up in Vang Vieng we almost missed our [...]

Phonsavan

( Asia )

We arrived in Phonsavan and it was absolutely freezing. Fair enough, it was winter and we were in the mountains, but do you think we actually thought of that?
We made our way to the Maly Guesthouse and after reading about the great food this place has, I was too ill to actually eat that [...]

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