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Bombs, floods, and an exploded dam

A dam exploded in Laos, causing massive flooding and deaths for thousands downstream. While this is just one example of the problems caused by badly planned dams… mais 11 palavras

Habits of Hunger

“The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese, see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about–or as a ritual like filling up a car–but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.” – anthony.bourdain

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The Social Travels

Hello everyone!

I have some catching up to do. In this blogpost, I’ll tell you about our following adventures in Laos, namely in Vang Vieng and in Vientiane. mais 1.152 palavras

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Festival of Light (Lai Heua Fai) in Luang Prabang

One thing we are absolutely awful about is planning our travel around festivals.  If we were smarter, we would be tracking festivals in the region and making sure we saw the fun ones (can’t believe we’ve never experienced Songkran in Thailand) and avoiding the ones where everything shuts down (Tet in Hoi An was a really, really bad idea).  mais 694 palavras

Festival Of Light

13th to 18th October - Laos to Vietnam

These few days were strictly travel and rest days. On the 13th I had the hangover of a lifetime and dreaded the bus I had booked to take me to Vientiane. mais 909 palavras

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12th October - Laos, Vang Vieng

Today was another day of incredible fun! Honestly, today and yesterday together were awesome. Definitely some of my best memories.

This morning some of the group got up super early to head to the viewpoint but I opted to stay in bed, as did Matt. mais 1.643 palavras

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I Am Certain of Nothing

An article by Sidd Sood.

“A few years ago, I got the words ‘I am certain of nothing ’ tattooed on my arm. It’s what makes travelling what it is.

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