Motorcycling in Laos, for a good cause! Riding Laos on a motorcycling holiday last year was a real eye opener for me. The scenery is nothing short of stunning the trails are hidden and follow through rugged mountains forever. We were humbled by what we saw, the people, poor as they are, are warm
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A Lao Elephant Adventure in HongSa Cast of Characters: betadine, gauze, hope, trust, a bicycle, a scalpel, a very deep hole, and an elephant. The rainy season has made lots of the roads in Northern Laos nearly impassible. Petra and Marlies could have taken a boat up the Mekong to Luang Prabang, but they wanted
The staff at this hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos, have taken a shine to me. Maybe it’s because I practice Lao with them sometimes, maybe it’s because I let them work on their English with me sometimes. I think it’s because they get a kick out of the fact that I eat sticky rice with
A rainy afternoon, I walked to the Royal Palace Museum in Luang Prabang, Laos. I was going to the theater to see a Lao ballet show. At first, I didn’t know what to expect and I was prepared for anything, however I was ready for one thing, I would probably not understand a thing. When
Last week we took the Tamarind cooking class in Luang Prabang, Laos. We started the Lao cooking day at 9am and we were whisked off to Phosy Market where Joy the chef taught us about what kind of herbs, vegetables and other Lao food you use in Lao cuisine. The stands sold a lot of
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Yesterday I took a muddy walk. The mountains around Luang Prabang are too beautiful to simply look at—I have to get out into them. Even when the sky hangs low and grey and the jungle around the city has that glow that says rain is coming. So my walk in the hills between two villages
Last week, I together with the Fair Trek team in Luang Prabang, Laos went to the village Long Lao Mai to show them how to make clay bricks for the ECO Bungalow. We spent the night at the village; for me it was a wonderful and peculiar experience, all in the same time. The first
Laos may not be a huge country, but its remoteness and rugged terrain mean that different regions, though they may not be all that distant from each other as the crow flies, can have different languages, different customs, and very different atmospheres. There’s a lot of good exploring packed into this one, green, mountainous country.
This past weekend, I and some friends made a visit to the Chinese Shopping Mall which opened in Luang Prabang, Laos just a few months ago. It really stands out, you can´t find a store like this anywhere in town. In the shopping mall you can find pretty much everything, from groceries, washing machines, flat
Hi my name is Hanna and I am from Sweden. I am working as an intern at Tiger Trail in their Fair Trek Responsible Tourism Division. I will be here in Luang Prabang, Laos for three months. During this time I will put up a post once a week where I tell you about different
A Lao Baci Ceremony experience… You wear a sin, a Lao skirt. You wear a scarf or some piece of fabric over your left shoulder. There has to be a monk or a holy man. He prays generally, then specifically, then generally again. You eat food and drink Beer Lao. I wore my sin and
From 8 -12 June, two Tiger Trail staff attended a workshop on community based tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand! Thailand has been developing sustainable communities in remote areas for a longtime. With all the knowledge that they have to share, the Community Based Tourism Institute and the Community Based Tourism Network put together this great training
It’s the low season in Laos now, which means fun for locals. And by “fun”, I mean quiet streets, no lines at the airport (no, really: personal boarding calls at the airport and flights that go like busses, when everyone is there). Scratch that, no lines for anything. Not that Lao PDR is full of
Tiger Trail has been leading the way for unique and exhilarating adventures in Laos. Part of the Tiger Trail mission is to encourage the development of skills for all of their guides so that they continue to improve their service. This means offering specific training with professionals who can challenge the guides to learn new things. Here’s
I’d been wanting to go rock climbing for ages, but somehow I just never got around to it (like surfing, sigh)—until two weeks ago. And then last week. And this past weekend has just passed without my stepping into a harness and then out into thin air, and I feel terribly Weg deprived. I think
One year ago Tiger Trail set out to build a school for the village of Ban Na Luang. The chief and elders of the village asked Tiger Trail if we could help to build a school for their children. The families of Ban Na Luang have been gracious hosts to many travelers on Tiger Trail