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…
Having done with Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib, it was time to do the final leg of our trip – the much anticipated trek to Valley of Flowers. I first heard about this beautiful valley in the far corner of Uttarakhand in India when I watched a documentary about it on National Geography channel. I was busy doing an assignment for my Masters when my attention strayed off my laptop and over to the TV screen. With my eyes fixated on…