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 was actually riding aimlessly on a rented e-bike at the Old Bagan – trying to find my way over to Mount Popa – when I happened to reach a small village at the riverside of Ayeyarwady River. I decided to ride further down the muddy road and that was when I came upon this group of kids who was playing on the muddy riverside. Upon seeing me, they left whatever they were holding down there and ran right over…