We first saw these balloons last year during our visit in Chiang Mai. If you’re interested, this blog had photos with literally thousands of hot air balloons being sent off during a festival. The photos are night photos–the balloon is fun during the sunset, but it’s absolutely magical at night.
Four Phrases To Describe It…. Scandanavian. Pretty. Overpriced. Quiet Our first destination on Phuket is Karon beach, located midway down the island on the west-coast. While it’s not as built-up as other places in Phuket, it certainly doesn’t feel desolate. Instead, I think it lacks a lot of charm. See, when you go to a [...]
And we’ve basically done nothing. In Chiang Rai, we stayed in a really nice little guest house where we gorged ourselves on their delicious “Mini-American Breakfasts.” We visited a few museums, we stopped by the King’s birthday party, but we mostly just sat around and played computer games and read books. Laos (or at least [...]
While in South East Asia, many people want to visit ethnic minority hill-tribe villages. This is understandable as I think many travelers want a taste of the exotic and the hint of adventure that visiting remote villages can have. On the other hand, if you aren’t careful about how you choose your tour you could [...]
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To put it simply, Laos was amazing. While it doesn’t have the bustle of many neighboring countries, it also doesn’t have the hustle. Here’s a smattering of our memories of Laos now that I finally have the internet to upload the backlog of photos: If you want to see more, there’s probably several hundred photos [...]
As soon as we crossed the Thai border it was so strange, it was…so obviously Thailand. All of a sudden, the roads were nicer, everyone owned a new car (actually, the fact we even saw cars was unusual), there were powerlines in the sky, advertisements, billboards, internet on every corner. It’s so odd that crossing [...]
Just a selection of photos taken off a speeding boat (in most cases), sorry about the blur =P As always, more photos at http://www.flickr.com/himene/ just navigate by sets since I’ve been uploading a huge backlog of Laos photos and the photostream isn’t in chronological order (or any order).
Last night’s accomodation can be best described, at best as “basic” at worst as “dismal.” As we unloaded off the boat, we were bombarded with touts who wanted to bring us to their insanely overpriced guest-houses. The one Hugh and I finally settled on is probably the most basic one we have ever stayed at, [...]
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Although we would have loved to stay in Laos for longer, we decided it was time for us to leave. Without a doubt we’ll return (especially to visit southern Laos), but for now the Luang Prabang tourist prices, fairly depressing food options, and desire for modern conveniences meant that Hugh and I have decided to [...]
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There are Buddhist monks all over Asia, but I have found the monastic lifestyle in Laos to be quite fascinating. Like many of the surrounding countries, it is considered a duty for a young man to become a monk for a period of time in his life in order to get merit for his family. [...]
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