Paul's Oriental Travelogue

Plain of Jars, Ship of Fools, Car of Idiots

The guide books just say Laos and its cities, like capital Vientiane, are "amazingly laid back". What, I thought, does that mean? But seeing it, yeah that's about right. This biggest city in a country Apu would call "dangerously underpopulated",...
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Billy Mumphrey

The story of travel in Laos is one of unbridled enthusiasm. With no real plan for Laos and no plan to complement my Southeast Asia On A Shoestring book with an actual Lonely Planet: Laos, I felt I could do...
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Just tell them we were raided by sandpaper bandits

Well I had another motorbike accident. I'm still fine and there's still nothing broken. I know this kills a bit of the tension but some readers (the ones who'd have to pay to ship my ruined carcass back to America)...
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