Laos in 5 pictures

A picture speaks a thousand words and there is no easy way to describe this beautifully strange country, with it’s mishmash of crumbling shacks, huge winding rivers, stunning waterfalls and crazy ass currency. So here’s 5 pictures to speak 5000 words.

Laos in 5  pictures, The Laughing Life

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Why hypochondriacs shouldn’t travel to South East Asia

Backpackers love a good visit to South East Asia (we’re everywhere here), and there are always stories about terrible bus journeys on the ‘roads’ of Cambodia, of terrible bites in Thailand and drunken escapades in Laos. Then there’s plenty of caves, diseases and dangerous traffic to scare Vientnamads too… So I’m just saying, in advance – beware, hypochondriacs:

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