A Mekong River Slow Boat from Luang Prabang, Laos to Thailand
I cursed foully when my friends electronically forced me to take the two day riverboat up the Mekong. “You’ve taken every other form of transport!” hollered one chum. “Another bus …
I cursed foully when my friends electronically forced me to take the two day riverboat up the Mekong. “You’ve taken every other form of transport!” hollered one chum. “Another bus …
For years, it has been my fantasy to be one of those columnists who dips into her mail pool to answer reader questions… and (dah da da DAH!) that day …
I used to hate whirlwind tourists and avoid any famous site like a high schooler avoids homework. After three months of hardcore Tourist Trail backpacking around Asia, however, I’ve grown …
So what’s so different and charming about this Luang Prabang, Laos, place, anyway? Plenty. Here are some beautiful sights you might see if you were to wander the streets for …
A massive reason why I am keeping this blog (besides an obsessive passion for writing and a rabid quest for fame and fortune) is to keep in close touch with …
Through the eight hours of mountainous twists and turns between Vang Vieng, Laos, and Luang Prabang, we asked ourselves: “Would ‘The Most Beautiful City in Southeast Asia’ live up to …
Crowing roosters prance next to restaurants playing “Family Guy” and “Friends” on loop to zoned-out tourists. Jagged limestone karst mountains reach skyward behind five internet cafes in a row. American …
Throwing up twenty-one times in twenty-four hours stinks. Being able to drag oneself two flights up to the hotel roof, however, and look out at the sawtooth karst mountains and …