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 Wide avenues in the outskirts by SirRichard
So if you go to Victory Monument, That Luang or so, take a tukTuk, they are cheap and will avoid you a good walk under the sun! Leave a Comment
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 by yuet29
These houses are in very basic structure.. using wood and leaves.. the bus can suddenly stop in front of a house and someone from the 'village' (6 houses can consider as a village?..) carrying a dead wolf or what run out, following by a group of children.. asking if the driver want to buy the animal.
After negotiating the price, the driver refused to buy and the man and those children disappeared at the other corner of the house.. Leave a Comment
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Laos is pretty safe compared to other countries as long as you are in town/ village.. the most notorious National Highway 13 connecting Vientiane to Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang is well-known to be the worst you can expect, where the bus was in the middle of the highway, there can be no human being seen for hours of drive and robbers stop the bus .. probably shouting "hands-up, robbery".. .
This road is the reason making foreighners take planes through-fro vientiane and luang prabang instead of taking bus. Some local told us, the robbery is quite often to occur, there is just a case happened a week before I reach there! haha.. Leave a Comment
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 UXO Lao vehicle,
Vientiane by Rodan44
Most of the aerial bombardment consisted of anti-personnel cluster bombs filled with bomblet sub-munitions. Each cluster bomb container was filled with up to 670 individual bomblets, each one about the size of a tennis ball and capable of killing and/or injuring a number of people. It is estimated that up to 30% of these bomblets did not explode.
Extensive ground battles also left a staggering amount of UXO including artillery and mortar shells, mines, rockets, grenades, and other devices from various countries of origin.
Even today, some 30 years after the end of the war, the Lao countryside remains littered with innumerable UXO. In Laos, there have been over 11,000 reported UXO related deaths or injuries since the end of the war. Various government and international agencies are working diligently to clear UXO from Laos, but it is a painfully slow process. The impact of UXO both in humanitarian and development terms, is a significant constraining factor on a country struggling to overcome poverty.
Note: The city of Vientiane does not pose a hazard from UXO. This warning is intended to alert travelers who are venturing out into the rural areas of the country. Leave a Comment
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 by TheSentinel
Try to get one before coming to Laos.
Otherwise, try to sit near the front of the plane so you can get off first.
Go straight to the visa on arrival queue, taking an application form (by the visa on arrival desk) and fill it in while you are queueing.
Don't forget to take passport photos (you need only one) and $30 cash.
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When we took the trip from Luang Prabang to Vientiane on the so-called first class bus, the experience was a once only! We firstly found out fairly quickly that there was no real efficient air conditioning - particularly on the mountainous road, in the heat of the middle of the day!
Secondly, the driver had a "girlfriend" with him, sitting right on top of him in the front of the bus. She clearly needed a lot of attention - and gave as good as she demanded! While it was clear that full attention was required to drive over the steep hills, and poor road condition, she cuddled, kissed, prodded and cavorted with him - I think the low point was when I realised that she was picking his pimples!!! There was a collective sigh from the front passengers when she alighted at a town enroute!
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 No no nooo!! by muddybok
But taking photograph on things outside the main chamber is however allowed. I don't know whether they going to take away your CF or MS if you're using a digital camera? May be they know that most aim & shot digital will not get the effect of SLR & they are not so worry about it. Leave a Comment
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 Morning market at 7.30am (ie
closed) by TheSentinel
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