31st August 2015 Late to set off as usual and not the VIP bus I was told to Thahek. What will it be like? A village backwater, small town and not much to see, just a stopover as I don't want too long a travel day. About 5-6hours is maximum other than a sleeper. Raining …
Author: jaycm6
I have a travel blog clearmindthinking.wordpress.com re my solo backpacking trip in 2015-16 and clear cards and made greeting cards I have been making since 2007 along with Gardens of Galastrial air dry models.
Life starts early in Laos
I am woken each morning early, by 'holiday' standards, anything between 3am and 7.15 am. Local people start early perhaps because of the heat in the day, especially by mid-afternoon although it does seem cooler down in the south, low season and in places rainy season. I awoke today by children calling, banging in the …
Paratay beach tour and new friends
9th May 2016 - my mums birth date! I saved a fish today! Went in the trip to the beaches ( really all one beach,,), walking along one with Jo the guide, she pointed out a beached fish gasping for water....so I picked it up, paddled in to the sea, and put it in deeper water …
Temples in Phnom Penh
Wat Oulam down the road from the palace and museum Wat Ounalom was big yet I only discovered it when I saw it online tourist research and went in search. It was 'round the corner' from where I ate most nights, had looked for hotels (in fact, that may be how I discovered it!) . …
10th Century Angkor Wat
Here at Siem Reap for a week, hotel with pool and air con (although it stopped working last night), here to visit Angkor Wat and other temple ruins from 11th-15th century. Meeting Patrick at the hotel, we chatted as travellers do for a couple if hours, and he advised me not to go straight …
Same Same but Different
Who Would think I would be bored travelling?? But I am. Since arriving in Laos, I have travelled a lot, but things are same same but different is a common saying because in markets the same things on sale, stall after stall; but also now it seems the same villagers and towns; the same wats; …
Vang Vieng
I later found this was home to Somsay, the main monk I met at Vientienne… A nice day after all. Not much to if not young and/or active like me, but explored, found a bridge, two places by the river, a glimpse of kayakers and two tubers coming back. a sad girl by the river...bumped …
Luscious Laos
A real mix of cultural changes in this hardly heard of country, at least for me. From cattle in the gardens on Don Det to wats galore in Vientienne and sunsets to relax in on the Mekong In Laos as it happened, in Vientienne, the capital, I got the chance to actually meet and chat …
Unexpected friends in Vientienne
My first day in Vientiene, before I met the monks, I did what I always tended to do in somewhere new - I go out to explore! I pick up a map sometimes, if I find one in the hostel or kiosk etc. or even online sometimes. Not here though. So I wandered from my …
Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng
Over the mountains ... Took on a mum and son from the roadside, hitching I guess. I entertained him with animal pictures on my iPad ... The trip over the mountains to Vang Vieng was intense! It was scary, fast and stunning views! We saw the Houy Kom river, riding besides it at times. We …
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