The peoples' democratic blog of Matt Hayward

For those of you who hesitate to ride a bike or haven’t before, for the love of god you must do it in Laos. It will provide you with the greatest experiences of your holiday. Without question, motorbiking around the caves of Vang Vieng was the best way to spend a day ever. Heaps of [...]

If Bangkok was the Melbourne or Sydney of Indochina then Vientiane, capital of Laos would be the Adelaide. Basically a flat, spread out, sleepy little town with Wats (Buddhist temples) in place of churches and plenty of them. Like Adelaide though, it has great food in abundance and you only need to scratch the surface [...]