I have written recently about travelling in Laos, including some time in Luang Prabang and visits to places nearby like the Pak Ou caves. We also travelled to the Kuang Si waterfalls, which are around twenty miles from Luang Prabang. We headed off to find the waterfalls, and found that we were sharing the road…
I wrote recently about a trip to Luang Prabang in northern Laos, which we used as a base to explore the area. One of the places that we visited from Luang Prabang is the Pak Ou caves, about 25km north, towards the Chinese border, along the Mekong river. We got on our boat in…
Luang Prabang in the north of Laos is the former Royal capital of the country, and was once the capital of the country of Luang Prabang, one of the three countries that came together to form modern Laos. It remained the royal capital until 1975, when the country became communist, under the Pathet Lao regime. …
I wrote recently about being at the Wat Phu temple complex near Champasak in Southern Laos, and how quiet this was compared to the more tourist filled Khmer temples near Angkor Wat in Cambodia. One of the nearby places that appears on the tourist people for more people is the Four Thousand Islands area of…
Most people have heard of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the famous temple complex, and increasingly, people have heard of some of the nearby temples like Ta Prohm, that I have previously mentioned. However, there are a series of impressive ancient temple complexes in the region that are less famous, but are still remarkably impressive. Among…
I mentioned recently about the MV Princess Victoria ferry disaster, and commented at the time on how I am reminded of it each time I sail to or from Larne, and it made me think about some of the other ferry crossings that I have had the pleasure to experience. A couple of the more…