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Tag: Exploration

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

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?

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Lana

Lana

Since April 2014, I've gone motorbiking and wildcamping solo in the most bombed country in the world, learned how to harvest rice and cook maggots, survived a blood infection and a death threat, had a run-in with the Laotian Police and trained as a Divemaster. I also like taking photographs, and drinking tea in other people's houses.

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Recent Posts

  • The Protestant Cemetery, and the Transience of Life
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  • FRANCE: The Midi-Pyrenees are crazy good fun (and inexpensive to boot)
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  • Where did the time go? A summary of two years out in the big wide world.
  • MALAYSIA: I was almost eaten by a bullshark (sort of).
  • LAOS: Wildcamping alongside the Mekong River (Part One)
  • KOH TAO: Xenophobia, and an Angry Fat Burmese Woman

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