Submitted 5 months 1 day ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
With a large number of the popuation employed as farmers, Laos is the perfect place to experience rice cultivation. Asian Trails enable this on a tour close to the country’s leading tourism attraction, the heritage city of Luang Prabang.
Submitted 11 months 1 week ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Mega Mark Jones dives deeper into the Thakek Loop with a recent update that includes seldom seen attractions, new activities, and a circuit to avoid dangerous Route 13 on a 4-5-day motorbike journey.
Submitted 11 months 4 weeks ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Phongsaly is a beautiful mountainous area known for its agriculture and ethnic diversity. It is the northern-most province of Laos, sandwiched between China to north and west and Vietnam to the east.
Submitted 12 months 5 hours ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
I sat sweating near Vientiane’s Hospital 103, waiting for the bus downtown, while watching traffic. Then, this vehicle appeared like no other. It looked like a hybrid between a military machine and camper, with a sticker on the side. “Rockin’ Rosie on Tour”.
Submitted 12 months 23 hours ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Tucked away up the Nam Ou river is a small town called Muang Ngoi. It’s a place to come if you want to detach a little from the outside world, sit in a hammock and read a good book.
Early in the millennium, a UNESCO team guided a handful of trekkers along a trail in Luang Namtha to a remote Khmu village. Feedback from this pioneering group of tourists would help design the country’s first Community-Based Tourism (CBT) activity, the Ban Nalan Trek.
Submitted 1 year 3 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Danish travel writer, Kenneth Karskov, recently surveyed Laos, and reported his findings in Denmark’s largest newspaper Berlinske, telling its 177,000 daily readers to “experience unspoilt Laos” before over-tourism rears its ugly head.
Submitted 1 year 3 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Marco Girelli, a leading tour guide in Laos for Italian and Spanish groups, recently took guests on a one-day tour from Vang Vieng to Phonsavanh. Along the way, they ventured through amazing #Laos #landscapes to Phatang Mountain, Than Jang Caves, and a Hmong village. Go with Marco on a photo tour of this adventure.
Submitted 1 year 3 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
News of Green Discovery Laos’ latest adventure, Rock Viewpoint, went viral on Lao social media from the minute it opened in Khammouane in December 2019. The assortment of zip-lines, bridges, and “spider webs” presenting unrivalled panoramas immediately soared in popularity, and tourists on the Thakaek Loop have already nicknamed it “The Peak of the Loop”.
