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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Luang Namtha, Lao Peoples Dem Rep by TravelPod blogger Csu100 titled “Entering Loas” Csu100′s travel blog entry: “After spending 10 days in Thailand for the initial vacation, it is time to get serious and start the real travel by exploring Laos. Luang Namtha, the northern town close to China is the first stop. The province is famous for its variety of tribes, and the beautiful landscapes for trekking. I went on a two day trek in to the national park, visiting a local village that has very strange rituals.” Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. “And our toilet” 2. “Animals in the villlage” 3. “Close up of the village” 4. “Crossing a stream during my trek” 5. “Ducks in a row” 6. “Huts to store rice” 7. “Local guiding water buffalos across a river” 8. “Local village girls that gave us massage” 9. “Lunch on the first day” 10. “Our dinner in the luxury hotel” 11. “Our lunch on the second day” 12. “Our luxury 5 star hotel in the jungle” 13. “Rice field next to the village” 14. “Taking a bath” 15. “The interior” 16. “The village that we visited” 17. “Walking along rice paddies” 18. “Waterfall along the trek” See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com
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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Kunming, China by TravelPod blogger Claude_and_iain titled “Downs. Ups. Forwards. Backstreets.” Claude_and_iain’s travel blog entry: “Yes, its been a while since we updated. But bear with us, all will become readily apparent as to why, and as the title shows, we will endeavour to deliver this with balance. The ‘Downs’ of China must come first – they did to us. Simply put, crossing the Chinese border is much like opening your front door to Mormons only to be kicked full square in the goolies – you figure they want the attention so they’ll play nice, but that is mammothly not the case. We crossed the border at Hekou, a border not heavily frequented by whiteys, but a major border none the less. Our bags are duly opened at Customs, where a stern young 15 year old official informs us (in perfect English, give him credit) that we have Prohibited Literature. We wrack our brains to think what – I had already mailed home my Mao books and democracy classics. Have a guess what’s prohibited? Travel guides. Farewell Lonely Planet China. And take a moment to consider how difficult visting China is without a guidebook, which for most people is also their source of English language maps and basic language guidance. Lonely Planet presents incorrect history, somewhat rich coming from the Chinese government still sticking to a line that Mao is a heck of a guy. Most heinous of all, Taiwan is the wrong colour. This is a grave insult to …
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