This April was the first time everybody could celebrate the Thai New Year again after this festival was canceled due to Covid in previous...

The title is a bit of a misnomer as this is the only day without any train rides, sorry about that! I’m an early riser and continued...

From a quartet we’d been reduced to a trio, not that mattered much as we all had traveled in various combinations before with usually the...

High-speed train arriving at Muang Xai station. The next day we set out for our by-now-standard now standard Lao breakfast of baguettes...

We left the station and while walking to the tuk-tuk stand, Tim asked which hotel we were supposed to go to. Good question, I’d sent a...

The last cycling day of our trip had arrived, we checked out and cycled into town. Luckily our favorite breakfast place was open! The...

A full free day to wander around this riverside town as well as run some errands... Tim's bicycle needed repairs and one of his shoes was...