Monthly Archives: June 2013

Travel day from hell?  Sounds like this: Leave beautiful, restful, tropical paradise at 8:30 a.m.; the time changes to 7:30 a.m. when we step off the island (ask us about “island time”); ride by second choppy speedboat for 45 minutes … Continue reading →

This morning Mr. Kia met us at 8:30 and drove us in a (very large and very cold) van to Sihanoukville, some 4 hours outside of Phnom Penh.  This was not much fun.  We then transferred to a speedboat for … Continue reading →

We spent the afternoon of June 16th in Phnom Penh–flew there from Luang Prabang via Vietienne, long layover, needed yet another visa, sigh.  Our guide, Mr. Narith, met us at the airport with our driver, Mr. Kia.  Mr. Narith took … Continue reading →

Yesterday (June 16) was a long travel day, so I am catching up from Phnom Penh.  June 15th was probably our longest and hardest day, but also extremely rewarding.  We woke at sunrise and met our guide and driver at … Continue reading →

We have just returned from our “Shangri Lao Full Day Expedition.”  We drove by minibus to the Shangri Lao Elephant Village, only 15 km outside of Luang Prabang, but a good 45 minutes this morning, thanks to the three “lost” … Continue reading →

Today we traveled to the Living Land Company to get the full rice cultivation experience.  We had a fabulously muddy time!  Rolling our pants up as far as we could, we waded into the rice paddie (mud field at the … Continue reading →