The bouts of hanoinsanity and subsequent cure left us a bit out of sorts yesterday. It could have had something to do with the increased alcohol consumption that seems to accompany such fruitful field exercises. I am not yet convinced and will devote more time to this ground breaking research in the future. It appears […]
The antidote for Hanoinsanity was discovered last night. I have a list of reagents and a method to share. Add one Jazz bar3 Welsh People2 Kiwis1 Spaniard2 Bottles of GinA broomOne large flower Simmer loudly for 3 hours. When the band stops try and commandeer the instruments. After being politely ejected take to the road […]
It has been a while since I have been enveloped by full sensory derangement. The flight to Hanoi was uneventful, Laos Airlines are a great way to fly. Our baggage was flagged as disinteresting and we began the negotiations to purchase passage to Hanoi. Numerous taxi horror stories litter the pages of travelfish and we […]
Currently waiting on flight that will take us to Hanoi, Vietnam. Our knowledge of Vietnam is limited and tainted by a steady diet of war movies and period pieces. We will head south towards Saigon. The only thing I really have my heart set on is spending a couple of days on China beach surfing. […]
Today we took the enlightened step of hiring a couple of bicycles for transport. Let it be duly noted that riding a bicycle is just as easy as riding a bicycle. The steeds that one would hire in south east Asia come in one of two flavours. A adventurous looking mountain bike resplendent with gears, […]
It is both satisfying and irksome that the drunken antics of Dunedin’s student population can make the state newspaper of Laos. Intermingled amongst flooding, politics and employment vacancies I spied this nugget. Please excuse the burry image. Write it down as artistic licence. The picture quality directly mimics the quality of the article. Rest assured […]
I am yet to see an amphibian carnivore relic from 200 million years ago, but I have seen a lot of the footwear that share the same name. Crocs are much maligned shoes of questionable durability and certainly do not flatter the feet. However yesterday we went on a mountain trek and our main guide […]
A must do in Vang Vieng is a lazy ride down the local river on a tractor tyre inner tube. A tuk tuk drops you about 4 kilometres up the river. In the rainy season it takes about one hour to make the trip, but there are many distractions. The distractions are a worthwhile lesson […]
Riding the concrete snake south over the formidable mountain range of Laos was a marvelous experience. Our driver was quite the singer and intermingled his enthusiastic tooting with a full range of song although his female renditions were a bit lacking. The van had a current registration but also a curious lack of seat belts. […]
It was with some trepidation we left the confines of Luang Prabang to find the fabled waterfalls today. Mother nature decided to indulge us in some forced precipitation participation(rain). The wife took some coaxing, but using my finely honed navigational instincts I was able to convince her that the waterfalls were directly under the small […]