It sounded so exciting to hear that the next stop on the way to Vang Vieng was to see a forest Buddha and temple. Little […]

This was another day where I needed to split into three parts, each event giving me a different perspective on Laos. The newly opened Lao […]

Part 2 The last visit of the day was to the COPE visitors centre. Not for the faint-hearted, but nonetheless important. To give a fair […]

Part 1 Today was my first day of a week-long ‘small group’ cultural tour of central Laos. Not since altitude sickness at Titicaca have I […]

Central Asia has ‘a look’ all of its own. Widish roads, deep-set low pavements with striped edging indicating parking intentions, although often flaunted by parking […]

My first night in Laos was spent in the Green Park Boutique Hotel in Vientiane. After an amazing Keto Bowl dinner I had 10 hours […]

When you travel, you have to be prepared for the unexpected, and probably, this is part of the fun. Yet to face the unexpected before […]

The most common question I get asked is why Laos, and secondly, for those brave enough to admit it, “Oh, and where exactly is that?” […]