In the past our Vang Vieng Travel Guide might have read simply “Don’t go!”. During the 1990s, the small riverside town of Vang Vieng in Laos was a mecca for tourists hell-bent on partying and excess. What started with a few travellers letting off steam by ‘tubing’ down the Nam Song River (floating downstream...
Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos
The spectacular ancient and religious town of Luang Prabang in Laos has long been on the tourist trail, and for good reason. With more than 20 years of UNESCO status backing it up, this small and beguiling town, surrounded by mountains and crammed with beautifully preserved French colonial buildings exudes a safe sort of...
Cruising the Mekong River in Laos
From its source in the Tibetan Plateau, the mighty Mekong River meanders 4,350km through Tibet, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia to its mouth at the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. As such it is something that all the nations of South East Asia have in common, and for many it is the lifeblood of...