Author: Courtmas
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Elephant Rides and Kuang Si Waterfall – Day Trips from Luang Prabang
Week 80 Day 561 Luang Prabang, Laos 19.8833° N, 102.1333° E Luang Prabang is a town you could spend days just chilling in. Since we’ve been here, we’ve quickly fallen into a relaxing routine. Even though we could have spent weeks here enjoying the food and napping, there are also some awesome day trips you…
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Maylyn’s Guesthouse
Week 80 Day 560 Luang Prabang, Laos 19.8833° N, 102.1333° E I don’t often feature the places we stay. Tom and I definitely travel on the budget side. Even as our budget has increased, we normally don’t increase the expense we pay for accommodations (we prefer to use the money on bomb experiences such as…
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Hanoi
Week 80 Day 559 Luang Prabang, Laos 19.8833° N, 102.1333° E We wrapped up our trip in Vietnam with way too much time (10 days – 3 in Ha Long Bay) in Hanoi. It’s nothing against Hanoi, but having fallen in love with Saigon we just didn’t feel like Hanoi lived up. Why did we…
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Ha Long Bay Cruise – Do’s and Don’ts
Week 78 Day 547 Hanoi, Vietnam 21.0333° N, 105.8500° E We just got back from our Ha Long Bay Cruise and the experience was pretty amazing, but not without a couple hiccups. We went during the rainy season in February so the normal contrast of green cover karst cliffs with the beautiful blue water you…
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Spelunking in Phong Nha – The Tu Lan Caving System
Week 77 Day 541 Hanoi, Vietnam 21.0333° N, 105.8500° E When it came time to plan our time in South East Asia, I had a couple hints from my cousin Matthew who spent some time here last May. Top on his list were the caves of Vietnam which have recently begun to gain traction due…