Whilst in Vientiane we went to the COPE Museum, where we learnt about the huge number of unexploded bombs still leftover in Laos after the Vietnam War (which they refer to here as the American War). I think there are 250,000 bombs left today, which is just crazy considering Laos Read more…
We took a sleeper bus from Huay Xi to our first stop in Luang Prabang. This was a bus, with beds! It was basic; two levels of mattresses held in place by rails but it was comfortable and we were able to get a bumpy night’s sleep on the way. Read more…
Cartagena is on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. It’s a very tourist orientated city, which was our first stop in Colombia and actually our first stop on our entire South America trip. Although this eased us in to the Colombia and South American culture we quickly realised as we travelled on that Read more…