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Day 154 – Luang Prabang
Amazing Kuang Si Waterfalls Today we went on a half day trip to the Kuang Si Waterfalls. We arranged the tour from Downtown Backpackers Hostel 2, for around 35,000 LAK / $5.72 AUD per person for a shared van (I can’t remember the exact price). Once we got there, we were given two hours to […]
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Day 153 – Luang Prabang
Golden Temples and Thrones Today after lunch we decided to explore the sites of Luang Prabang. We started with the Royal Palace Museum. The museum costs 30,000 LAK / $4.91 per person. The Royal Palace was built in 1904 and was used up until 1975, when the communist party came to power. It was then […]
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Day 149 – Luang Prabang
Museums and Mountains We checked out of Thatsaphone Guesthouse today and walked to the nearby Downtown Backpackers Hostel 2, which was a little out of the tourist strip. We had to walk through a street market, which takes up the entire street at night time. During the market is contained to the footpath. Today we […]
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Day 148 – Luang Prabang
First day in Laos Today, we just spent the day relaxing and taking in the country that is Laos. The day was wasted, trying to work out what to do and where to stay. We ended up having lunch in the tourist strip at Cafe Croissant D’or and then dinner along the banks of the […]
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Day 147 – Dien Bein Phu to Luang Prabang, LAOS
Land crossing to Laos Today, we checked out of Phuong Nam Hotel, and walked to the Dien Bein Phu Bus Station. We were running a little late, so we went straight to the station and got onto the waiting mini bus. We had purchased the tickets the night before from the Bus Station for 495,000 […]
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Day 146 – Sapa to Dien Bien Phu
Travelling to the edge of Vietnam Today we checked out of Sapa Romance Hotel and said goodbye to the friendly Anna and her family. We have bought a bus ticket from Sapa to Dien Bien Phu, from the hotel that cost us 350,000 VND / $21.35 AUD per person. A ute came and picked us […]
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Day 145 – Sapa
Buying North Face Jackets in Sapa Today was a relaxing day. My wife is feeling sick again. We probably shouldn’t have gone to Fansipan yesterday (Day 144), but we both had no regrets. We stayed indoors at Sapa Romance Hotel all day and then went out to buy some North Face jackets for the family […]
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Day 144 – Sapa
The Legend of Fansipan With my wife feeling marginally better today, we decided to go to Fansipan Mountain. Fansipan is the tallest mountain in Vietnam with a height of 3,143m. We were going to walk to Sapa Station, and then catch a train to the bottom of the cable car, but when we got there, […]
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Day 143 – Sapa
Laundry Day! Today, we had a very quite one, as my wife was feeling sick. We thought it would be best to rest and stay out of the cold. I went down the road and found a laundry place called Giat Say Lay Nhanh. It only cost 15,000 VND / $0.91 AUD per kg, and […]
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Day 142 – Tam Coc to Sapa
Another day, another sleeper bus Today we woke up early and enjoyed breakfast at 7am. After breakfast we continued to pack and then went downstairs to wait. At 8:30am the male owner of Phi Hung’s Unique Homestay put our bags on his electric scooter and rode to the Long Hotel’s travel agency, while we walked […]
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Day 141 – Tam Coc
Enjoying mountains and caves of Hang Mua Today I was once again very grateful to my wife as she washed out my eyes, which were still red and itchy from the insect attack yesterday. After breakfast we rode our rented bicycles from Phi Hung’s Unique Homestay to Hang Mua Cave. We cycled the 4km in […]
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Day 140 – Tam Coc
Boat ride at Trang An (Must do!) Today we woke up early and rented bicycles from Phi Hung’s Unique Homestay. The bicycles were 50,000 VND /$3.04 AUD per day for one bicycle. The owners had the bicycles washed and ready to go while we had breakfast. As it was raining lightly, the owner gave us […]
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Day 139 – Hanoi to Tam Coc
Halong Bay on land, ruined by dodgy tour Today we left Dragon Pearl Hotel in the morning. A minibus arrived in the morning to pick us up. It turns out 2 people bought tickets to Ninh Binh, we bought tickets to Tam Coc, 2 people were doing a tour and then getting off at Tam […]
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