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[Travel] Part 2 of 6, Laos – The Forgotten Land

This is a continuation for the travel log to Laos, if you missed the first part, read it here.

To travel into this place during the month of April – May really needs a lot of courage, unless you are those kind that have no problem in sleeping beyond the temperature of 35 degrees at night. It wasn’t really fun. really. It seemed the heat only start to wore off around 5 AM in the morning where the air conditioner starts to be effective during that time.

A look from the second floor balcony of the guest house.

A late afternoon overseeing the Mekong river.

There were 4 main places that we went during the second day of trip namely:

• Patuxay
• Pha That Luang
• Papaya Spa
• Night market

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[Travel] Part 1 of 6, Laos – The Forgotten Land

It might not ring a bell to a lot of casual holiday makers if we tell them to pay a visit to Laos. As odd as it seems, it was an unforgettable experience (mostly good ones) that both of me and Canny had last May. I can really agree with Wikitravel’s article that Thailand are often associated with the Land of Smiles, while Laos, as a country situated right in the middle of the Asia continent with no direct access to the sea except the mighty Mekong river, it is easily known as the Land of the forgotten.

This will be a 6-part travel-log to two of the most developed city in Laos, namely Vientiane and Luang Prabang.Though at times you might find me exaggerating some of the facts, but you have to really try it out yourself one day. Although we have been informed that the best period to visit this place is during the year end, which is around the month of November to January, we chose May instead. What happened then? It was almost 40 degrees Celsius everyday in our trip! I swear my skins are all boiling/baked. It is really hard to justify the amount of heat we went through from the pictures of this travel-log. It’s something that you need to try at least once, if you curious. But all is good, as what I read from other blog/sites, Laos has a very chilly weather during November to January, which would be a good reason to pay a visit to this country again.

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[Photography] Faces of Taipei

Below will be a collection of pictures taken around the Taipei city in Taiwan. Though there might be some mixture of pictures taken out of the city center.

There is 69 pictures in total.

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[Travel] Part 8 of 8, Taiwan

It was an early morning that we had to leave Taipei to the airport.

We took the Taiwan’s High Speed Rail. And it appears that you can go to the website and check for ticket availability+price. The details on the HSR at wikipedia is pretty detailed as well.

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[Travel] Part 7 of 8, Taiwan

Hot and poisonous, and this is the actual meaning derived from tha Atayal tribe in Wulai, Taipei. But you shouldn’t be scared and intimidated by that word itself, because the beauty of this place is often indescribable by words.

Wikitravel has an extensive list on what you can do at this beautiful place.

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