Laos

Across the road from Wat Si Saket is Haw Phra Kaew.  Haw Phra Keuw was built as a temple in the 15th century to house the Great Emerald Buddha. The…

This is the oldest surviving temple in Vientiane.  We thought it should be the first temple we visited in the city because every day when Andrew gets the tuk tuk…

This is one local product with almost COMPLETE dominance of the market.  It has won a number of international awards, some say it is due to the imported hops and…

One of the roads we had to travel along was affected by the rains of the wet season.  Luckily we don't have to go down this road on a daily basis,…

On the weekend we rode around the neighbourhood, past the USA Ambassador's residence, past the Brunei Embassy, past the North Korean embassy (you get the picture) until we found a…

On Saturday we had a ride around the town on our bikes.  The main aim was to get a sense of the layout of town. We headed out toward the…