Vang Vieng, from party to ghost town 31 december 2012 8 o’clock departure from Vientiane direction Vang Vieng. During this 3-4 hour car drive, the landscape changes from really flat to small sharp-edged mountains. Villages are tiny and rather unpopulated; our new guide explains with his vague English that even though they are connected to …
Month: December 2012
23 December 2012 A history and blood-heavy day discovering Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Pehn. An easy start: the royal palace. The royal palace King Sihanouk passed away only a couple of days ago so the country is mourning, and most of the palace is closed. An important political figure over the past 50 years, notably for …
D5: We board a tiny barge, punted by a woman with a conical hat, and go through the coconut leaves-covered canal. A moment of absolute calm.
D3: I expected a simple fishing course – stimulating, of course; not a profound journey into the roots of our Western consumption.
D2: The city is very cute: the homogeneous architecture is made up of wooden structures and brick walls, all painted in yellow. I feel like I have gone back in time, to the 15th century.
D1: What I am experiencing is incredible: nothing in the 9 kg of books, films and documentaries, nor even the accounts of those who have already been there, could have prepared me for such a shock.