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Finding the bizarre at Buddha Park (Vientiane, Laos)

Tired of dingy rooms for your budget dollars? Does your hotel stay shape your love of a place? Sometimes for me, it does. From bungalows, boutique hotels, guesthouse resorts and overnight trains… in Thailand you can experience a gamut of ways to lay your head or rest on your laurels. Thailand inspires a wealth of wanderlust, affordable tour packages and unique accommodations that budget holiday travelers won’t have to cringe about.

Though Thailand isn’t as cheap as it used to be; the prices are still pretty good and matched with the Thai aspiration to provide first class service, it’s raised my standards for travel considerably.

October 10, 2011 7
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Photo Essay: Oh my Buddha!!! (Wat Si Sisket, Vientiane)

If seeing Buddhas are you thing, then you’ll never find yourself at a loss in Laos. In fact, at Wat Si Sisket, there’s an impressive collection of over 2,000 of them. Housed in a cloister, the Buddhas meditate around the main temple, each of them aged with its own personality of time, material and ruin. It’s a virtual antiquities museum jogging you to reflect on the history and reincarnations of ‘The Reawakened One’.

July 30, 2011 6
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48 hours: Winging it Solo in Vientiane

My first impression of Vientiane?

Dust. Dirt. Dry.

I had just a restless night on an uncomfortable train, crossing from Thailand into Laos. I was wanting to be impressed.

When I arrived in the Laotian capital, I was still waiting…

July 28, 2011 6
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Love Letter #6: I Forgot to tell you…

Dear Love,

There were things we never spoke of..

Things you never asked and things I never told.

There were others.

In the coming weeks, much will seem confusing. A flood of memories are on the brink of unfolding. The ink in my pen is heavy — past and present will flow into one.

March 6, 2011 0

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