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Vientiane, Laos to Boten, China

Mar 2017 - 1000km

Getting started in Laos
A day in Laos, in pictures
Vang Vieng veni vidi vici
Short update
Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang wonderland
Things to do in Luang Prabang
1 million g CO2 "saved"
Last day in Luang Prabang
Back on the road, loving Laos again!
Nam Ou, Nam Khan, Nam Bak
Further into northern Laos
Muang La - and back to Oudomxay
Our second last day in Laos: Na Mor (not yet no more)
Final Laos post
Laos summary

From the Cambodian border to Pakse, and into Thailand, second part of the 7-week Cambodia-Laos-Thailand trip
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It's time for a next episode of our blog! As I'm writing, I'm sitting in our tent, in a remote corner of... Tasmania! Well, to be honest, almost everywhere is remote in Tasmania - or Tassie as it's being called in Australia. Tasmania is south east, down below Australia; it really is Down Under relative to Australia... Just a few nuts and bolts to fix, and we're good to go! We came to Australia first via Melbourne, to visit Sander for a couple of days. For this occasion we used AirAsia, and to be honest it's a perfectly fine flight - although we did upgrade ourselves to hot seats which makes a difference. We chose AirAsia because it's straightforward to take your bicycles; you pay an extra charge for them - which is not too much - but then you're also sure it won't be a problem to take the bicycles. We did have a bad experience with AirAsia however, and as they are not solving this I'd want to share it here. A beautiful ride near Melbour

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