![Bolaven loop view blog](https://www.triparoundtheworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Bolaven-loop-view-blog-320x120.jpg)
Jan-2016
What is often described as the highlight of a trip to Laos is the Bolaven Southern Swing. While still in Holland, I read up on all available information about this motorcycle loop of 150 kilometres through a plateau of Laos with waterfalls and coffee plantations. We doubted if we dared to ride a motorcycle with […]
![Vergezicht vier duizend eilanden, Laos blog](https://www.triparoundtheworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Vergezicht-vier-duizend-eilanden-Laos-blog-320x120.jpg)
Jan-2016
From the border with Laos we travel to Pakse, a small town next to the Mekong river surrounded by karst mountains. This beats a picture from National Geographic a thousand times over. We move into the last room of the Nang Noi guesthouse, owned by a Lao family with small children. We’ve come to Laos […]
![Women preparing food at Taling Chan floating market](https://www.triparoundtheworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Taling-Chan-floating-market-blog-320x120.jpg)
We leave early on Wednesday afternoon and will not be in Thailand until the beginning of the afternoon the following day local time. We have a stopover at Dubai, which gives us a chance to stretch our legs and prepare ourselves for the seven hour night flight to Bangkok. Noa has been amusing himself very […]