Travelogues Laos

Statue of King Sisavang Vong in front of the Royal Palace

It was strange to leave Vietnam, but knowing that the journey simply continues elsewhere. I felt a bit melancholic, but somehow it was also okay. For the first time, I needed a...

Luang Prabang - Laos Monday morning on 29.04.2019 we arrived. We had now arrived in Luang Prabang, where we wanted to meet with the Laotian organizers of our aid project. The...

July 28th somewhere between Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang. I'm sitting in a small minivan with 14 other people, driving on a road full of potholes towards Luang Prabang. My knees...

In the last days in Vientiane, we take the opportunity to visit some landmarks. One of the city’s most distinctive monuments is the Patouxai, reminiscent of the Arc de Triomphe de...

After visiting the Kuang Si Waterfalls, we also want to see the smaller Tat-Sae Waterfalls. The distance from the city is only 15 kilometers. If I described the road to Kuang Si...

Last night, arrival in Laos! Cambodia and Laos were the two unknown destinations we had set for this trip. The guide accompanying us covers both countries, but apart from this...

After the long bus ride, I was really looking forward to some exercise and immediately upon arrival I booked a 2-day trekking tour for the next day. The next morning, however,...

As already mentioned, the city of Thakhek, on the western border of central Laos, is known as the starting point for the Loop. The Loop is a approximately 400km long tour that...

The fastest connection through the north of Laos is the high-speed train from Vientiane to Kunming in China. The train is state-of-the-art and covers the distance from Vientiane...

Day 117 Journey to Vientiane We woke up around 5 am because the bus had stopped and the air conditioning was turned off. When we left the bus to use the restroom, we saw that we...

After Muang Ngoy, you can only get there by boat. We checked in and set off for a hike to a waterfall (which is actually back towards Nong Khiaw), walked past it, turned around,...

Muang Khua

Which means "Hello Laos", because with a word or two in Lao, you can bring a smile to people, especially children. After a 4-hour journey, I arrived at one of the "4000 Islands"...

Already on the way, but especially when we arrived at the top, we had a wonderful view over the city, the surroundings, and the mountains surrounding Luang Prabang. We could also...

[by Franzi] The next morning started with some planning, we booked our bus to the next city, but this time through our hostel, because we couldn't find any bus connections on...

Vientiane - how should one describe this city and its striking contrasts? Anja (https://vakantio.de/oneway2025/vientiane-geschichte-erfahren-das-heute-verstehen) has summarized...

Day 2 in Luang Prabang, we are visiting the royal residence, which was converted into the National Museum after the revolution and the end of the royal era. The museum, with the...

We have become a small group in Khiaw. Mark and I traveled on the same day by minivan to different accommodations, and Freddi took the same van as I did. I had dinner with...

Hello, you sweeties! As expected, our trip to Laos didn't go as planned. We had actually booked a bus from Sapa to Luang Prabang, which cost us a relatively large amount of...

On the first day on the bike after the climbing break, I did one kilometer after another. I felt like an eagle on the hunt, flying between the mountains on the valley roads past...

6:35am Nong Khai, border town to Laos. After the night bus kicked me out directly at the border crossing, I sat down in the small station building. I had just completed another...

Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Finally, it's time to go, but the past few weeks and days have been strange. I have felt more sad than excited, not being able to see family, friends, and...

The other prominent landmark of Vientiane is the 45-meter-high Pha That Luang. When King Sai Setthathirath I moved his capital from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, he is said to have...

We rent a scooter in Luang Prabang again and take a trip to the Kuang Si Waterfalls, which are 30 kilometers away. The road is in terrible condition. I miss a lot of the scenery...

Hello my dear sheep There's a lot to tell again, so make yourself comfortable. The last two weeks of our world trip we spent in Vang Vieng. Our train ride there took only 2...

Bright colorful lights, loud music coming from everywhere and overpowering each other, dirty streets, groups of young people going out in the evening and people trying to sell...

After my bike and I navigated past several small islands on a fishing boat in a small boat, I first went looking for a hammock. I found it surprisingly quickly, but it gave me...

After a bumpy 6 hours on the bus we arrived in Luang Prabang. The views during the bus ride were definitely worth shaking every fiber of our being! We crossed one or two passes...

After two days on the slow boat we reach Luang Prabang. We had imagined the trip itself to be different.