Behind me, the trail I had followed to the top of Kuang Si Falls in the north of Laos dropped out of view. In front, water rushed through the trees and curved down a limestone bed. Water surged around me. Deeper. Cooler. Enticingly so. Perhaps I was entranced. Maybe a little foolhardy, driven by adrenaline…
Crossing land borders in SE Asia is always a curious endeavour. Google becomes you’re best friend as you search for reviews of service companies, try to determine which borders are opened and what the visa requirements are. Holed up on Don Det, Laos, Cambodia just a stone throw away, the mission to find our way…
To arrive on a small island in the middle of nowhere after an 18 hour journey with no accommodation booked is always daunting. Exhausted, we opted to delay the inevitable and plonked ourselves down at the nearest table in a restaurant shack bridging the “port” – a miniscule stretch where motorized timber canoes pull up…
Waterfalls and River Dolphins Don Det had shaped into the epitome of a traveller’s imagination. From the moment I saw the 4000 Islands on a map, I knew I had to go. My expectations had steadily grew. Usually high expectations end in devastation, but Don Det instantly found a place in my heart. Few foreigners…
I know you must be wondering what happened in Vientiane? Well, if you didn’t guess it from my last post, I spent my entire time holed up in Funky Monkey Hostel. The hostel for the most part was great. However, it did seem that the “one-off” power outage from the first day seemed to repeat…
