After our at-first-adventurous-and-then-incredibly-gorgeous introduction to Laos, the next week-plus there just continued to cement it as one of the most amazing places I’ve ever had the chance to visit. We left off just as we were arriving in Louang Phabang (aka Luang Prabang and other English transliterations)… Louang Phabang has a population about the same size as Santa Cruz (~55,000), […]

After our hiking adventures around Sa Pa, the next four days were dominated by transit as we made our way first by bus and then by boat across the border from Vietnam into Laos and then down the Nam Ou river to Louang Phabang. While we knew we were taking a slightly unconventional route in crossing the border, we didn’t […]