by abjella | Sep 28, 2017 | Travel
Currently staying at the Captain Hook Homestay near Tat Lo waterfall in central Laos. We read about the homestay in our guidebook but Captain Hook himself didn’t know he made the Lonely Planet cut. With only two rooms in the homestay his world is going to blow up in...
by abjella | Sep 27, 2017 | Travel
Sickly roosters woke us up with the sun this morning. After a slight delay, we began the “elephant tour” we booked through our guesthouse. A man carrying a small whip walked alongside the lumbering elephant, gently positioning him in front of an elevated platform for...
by abjella | Sep 26, 2017 | Travel
The last three days have been a whirlwind and I haven’t had a ton of time to update the blog. Last night the rain let up as I finished dinner and I walked home blindly in the dark, squelching into muddy puddle after muddy puddle. We got up at 6:45 to meet the...
by abjella | Sep 25, 2017 | Travel
Today we naively planned to leave Don Det and casually cross the Cambodian border on the cycle. During breakfast, another traveler traveling via cycle informed us that they recently closed the border to Laos – Cambodia traffic. Strangely, you can still travel...
by abjella | Sep 24, 2017 | Travel
I struggled to sleep last night and couldn’t shut my mind off about the future, potential jobs, and life. I realize that this is the time when I have few, if any, responsibilities. But I couldn’t help it. I zombied out of bed at 9 and following breakfast at our hostel...
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