Posts in Category: Asia
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Hmong and Khmu Villages in Laos
In this post we move on from the small, historic city of Luang Prabang where we began this Adventures Abroad tour of Laos. We spent three days there, concluding with a cruise on the Mekong River yesterday. Our destination for the end of today is another small city, Phonsavan which will be our base for […]
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Mekong River Cruise
This is my third post from the city of Luang Prabang in northern Laos, our first stop on this Adventures Abroad tour of this exotic country. In the first post we visited some of the temples that have made Luang Prabang one of the great centres of Buddhism in southeast Asia and in the second […]
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Alms Giving in Luang Prabang
This is my second post from the Laotian World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang on the Adventures Abroad tour of Laos. In the first post we visited four of the most important Buddhist temple complexes in the city. In this post we are going to become more than just gawking tourists and become active participants […]
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Luang Prabang World Heritage Site
In my last post I weighed the pros and cons of visiting Laos with Adventures Abroad and concluded that the pros far outweighed the cons. In this post I’ll begin zeroing in on the wonderful sights that await the visitor to this exotic country starting with the former royal capital and religious centre of Laos, […]
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Laos with Adventures Abroad
This is the first of many posts to come reporting on a trip to Southeast Asia last March with Adventures Abroad. The trip started in Laos and ended in Cambodia with two weeks in Vietnam in the middle. It was our first trip to this area of the world so we started a bit early […]
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Wat Pho and the Temple of Dawn
In the last post we visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya as well as the summer palace of the Thai monarchs nearby. In this final post from Thailand, at least for this visit, Alison and I will return to Bangkok. While the title of this short post sounds like something straight out of […]
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Ayutthaya – Thailand’s Forgotten Capital
This is my fourth post from Thailand which Alison and I visited on two occasions in early 2023. In the last post we ventured out of Bangkok to visit the celebrated Bridge on the River Kwai and the museum associated with the Death Railway. In this post we’ll also leave Bangkok and head up the […]
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River Kwai – Visiting a Legendary Bridge
This is my third post from Thailand. In the first one I gave a general overview of Bangkok and in the second Alison and I visited the amazing Grand Palace. In this post we are going to leave the city and visit a site that is iconic in both fact and fiction. The Bridge on […]
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Grand Palace of Bangkok – A Quick Visit
This is my second post from the great Thai city of Bangkok. In the first post I gave a general overview of the city and recommended a place to stay and a place to shop. In this post Alison and I will begin our sightseeing in earnest with a visit to the Grand Palace of […]