I had always wanted to go to Vang Vieng. When I first heard about a place with peculiar rock formations scattered among valleys and vast paddy fields, I knew I was gonna be heading there sooner or later. And true enough, when I finally set foot in Laos – the very last country in ASEAN that I went to – I decided to go there after Vientiane the capital city and Luang Prabang the UNESCO town. After spending the first…
After the very long hours of traveling from Vientiane to Luang Prabang on a bus, I finally got a good rest at a decent hotel that I pre-booked prior to my trip to Laos. Strategically located in Kingkitsarath Road, I liked Villa Merry Lao-Swiss almost instantly. Luang Prabang that I found out is quite a small town. Everything is within a walking distance. In fact, the whole town – or at least the UNSECO site area – can be covered…
I went to Laos as part of my mission to go to all the South East Asian countries. This is a trip that was long overdue – in fact I had already bought a return ticket to Vientiane a few years ago. As fate might have had it, I had to cancel it because of some other commitment. Then I went to several other countries before the urge to go there returned to me again and I knew I really…