After a three-hour drive on the highway through central Laos, we, four volunteers, finally arrived at camp. First impressions: pretty swanky…really. Like a good campsite […]

Sunday. The end of week one and I am taking a prop Laos Airlines flight back to Vientiane where I will be collected and driven […]

It is a busy day when you do a: 3-hour boat trip, climb up to two caves, visit a bear sanctuary, climb a 60 metre […]

My new guide, Nom, is an interesting character who is teaching me more about Buddhism and the life of a monk. His story in short. […]

I have a nephew who loves trains and this post is for him. I hope you enjoy Rob. Today was mainly a day of travel […]

Geographically, this place is stunning. Jagged tiers of rock towering above the wide Nam Song river, which is edged on one side with paddy fields. […]

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 […]