Since I'd already been backpacking in Hanoi for three days but hadn't seen anything due to being sick up to this point, I thought I would take about two more days here to check out the city. I thought a week would have been too much as Hanoi is a pretty busy city and it didn't seem like the kind of…

On the last day of volunteering near Vang Vieng, I went on a run early that morning and was feeling great at the time but just four hours later, right before we ate lunch, I was ready to lay down to sleep. It was a weird feeling and I really had no idea what had brought it on. Did I catch…

After leaving from Vientiane, were were headed back to Vang Vieng where we had just come from less than a week ago. However, the plan wasn't to go tubing again as the plan was to stay in a small village called Nathong to be part of volunteer project for at least the next 7 days. The name of the project is…

Vientiane is the capital of Laos though its only home to 750,000 people. When we started backpacking Vientiane on arrival, we realized there is an 'old' center district of the city that sits along the Mekong River. We arrived into town in the afternoon from Vang Vieng and my friend was hoping to catch a meditation course that runs once a…

Arrival to the backpacker haven of southeast Asia and the start of tubing in Vang Vieng Laos. We arrived early morning from a short four hour bus ride from Luang Prabang and had our pick of guesthouses. There were almost too many to choose from as well as dozens of restaurants and bars all centered around just a couple of streets…

After leaving from Chiang Rai, we headed back to the border town so we could get from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang and it started with a three minute boat ride over the Mekong River that divides Thailand from Laos. This time, we wouldn't be spending the night there as we bought two last minute tickets for the 'slow boat' from…