Janelle on December 10th, 2008

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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Janelle on November 24th, 2008

We went trekking yesterday through Luang Prabang province, here is a bunch of photos…and text. For the first part of our trek, we went to an elephant park that uses tourism dollars to try and save elephants from a hard life of logging (which I saw in Cambodia) or being poached. Letting humans ride on [...]

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Janelle on November 12th, 2008

We decided today to go on a trekking/caving tour with Green Discovery, a eco-tourism company. The trip was described as an easy trek and caving, but we were more than pleased to find out that it was alot more adventurous than it sounded. The trek was easy enough, but the caving was…well, caving. We were [...]

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