Luang Prabang
Posted June 27, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
Luang Prabang has been high on my list of places to go ever since I had to skip it due to time constraints on my last trip to South East Asia in 2006. I had heard so many great things about it during and since that trip. The entire city is a UNESCO World Heritage …
Tree Top Explorer
Posted June 26, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
Despite Amanda feeling terrible, she decided that she wanted to go ahead and go on the Treetop Explorer jungle zipline trek. She loaded up on medicine and we went back to the Green Discovery office in Pakse where we met up with the Israelis and two more fellow travelers: Damien from Austalia and Sarah from …
4000 Islands
Posted June 24, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
The 4000 Islands (Si Phan Don) are in Southern Laos in the Mekong on the border with Cambodia. Several of the islands are populated with sleepy little riverside villages where local fisherman and their families stick to the traditional way of life. A few of the larger islands (Don Det and Don Khan) now even …
Pakse
Posted June 21, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 1 Comment
Pakse is a small town that serves as a transport hub for southern Laos. It is the home a few bus stations, the only airport in the region and not much else. Before we arrived in Laos we had been trying to arrange a zip-lining trek in the jungle through a company called Green Discovery. …