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]]> https://blogshank.com/2014/05/030314/feed/ 2 Laos https://blogshank.com/2011/10/laos/ https://blogshank.com/2011/10/laos/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:53:44 +0000 Mike http://blogshank.com/?p=1150 From 28th October to 5th November we crossed from Vietnam to Thailand via Laos, by bus. Places we stopped at: Buddhist monk-populated Savannakhet, and Pakse, from where we took a boat to a tiny village called Champasak on the Mekong river. This was a lovely place (probably my favourite of the whole trip) which was just a cycle ride away from Wat Pho — a less grand but very beautiful version of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.

We also went kayaking, but the less said about that the better.

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Pakse building

This is a bit of a naff picture of the Mekong, but it’s the only one I had.

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Mekong boat

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Mekong boat

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: Buddha statue at Wat Pho

Travel sketchbook diary, London-Singapore by train: road in Champasak

]]> https://blogshank.com/2011/10/laos/feed/ 1 230810 https://blogshank.com/2010/09/230810/ https://blogshank.com/2010/09/230810/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:07:33 +0000 Mike http://blog.cambridgemashow.com/?p=821 Long, drawn out ferry crossing.

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