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30/06/201530/06/2015Lana

VANG VIENG: A chicken stole my lunch, and then some 8 year olds showed me around a cave.

Thailand, Sailing,
26/06/201518/01/2017Lana

KOH TAO: Trying to Sail Around a Windless Island

Laos, Luang Prabang, Saffron, Flowers, Buddhism
24/06/201526/06/2015Lana

THAILAND: I got off at the wrong station and had to hitchhike to my destination.. because I am an idiot

22/06/201518/01/2017Lana

FINDING WORK ABROAD: Become a Divemaster

18/05/201526/06/2015Lana

KOH TAO: Rainstorms during the World’s Biggest Water Fight

31/03/201520/06/2015Lana

THE PLAIN OF JARS: Thanks to The US government, going off the beaten track might kill you

Laos
14/03/201520/06/2015Lana

The Sadness in Travelling: Five months of goodbyes are starting to take their toll

Pakse, Mekong River
06/02/201520/06/2015Lana

LAOS UPDATE: Hitchhiking, motorbiking, wild camping and unexploded bombs (plus a dying hard drive)

Laos, Luang Prabang, Steamed banana leaf, street food
15/01/201520/06/2015Lana

LAOS: What’s inside those mystery banana leaf packages?

13/01/201520/06/2015Lana

LAOS: So the police just rendered me homeless, but I know how to eat Pho now

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