
Muang Sing is two hours away from Luang Nam Tha on bus which is a breeze after the ten hour hell ride from Luang Prabang to Luang Nam Tha.

Muang Sing is two hours away from Luang Nam Tha on bus which is a breeze after the ten hour hell ride from Luang Prabang to Luang Nam Tha.

As seen on the photo, the countryside of Luang Nam Tha is a wonderful place to explore on a mountain bike.

Whenever you get the travelers’ blues say this three times quickly: Phou Si massage, Phou Si massage, Phou Si massage.

The best part of my ten hour bus ride from Luang Prabang to Luang Nam Tha was an emergency stop to repair a tire.
Tubing (floating down the river) is a favorite pastime in the mountainous Northwest region of Laos.
There was no question that I would revisit Kompong Cham on the way to the Laos border. I found this place one of the most fruitful, rewarding and educational travel photography destinations.
Kampot, the land of pepper farming is a few hours of bumpy bus ride away from Phnom Penh and perhaps due to its orientation it is not on every travelers’ itinerary.
The main reason to return to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia was to get my visa to Laos.
Takeo was one of my first places of interest after entering Cambodia from Vietnam via Chau Doc.
After my successful stay in Tra Vinh I stared to head towards the direction of the Cambodian border namely Chau Doc.
As far as travel photography, Central Vietnam did not inspire me so after 5 days, 5 stopovers and a 1000 kilometer bouncing bus ride I was back in Saigon.
I returned to the picturesque Ninh Binh the “Inland Halong Bay” after exploring Hanoi and Northwest Vietnam.
The Hmong ethnic hill tribes of Northwest Vietnam and the famous Sunday Bac Ha market are excellent reasons to take the 9 hour sleeper train from Hanoi to do some quality National Geographic style travel photography.