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Day 1 : ARRIVAL - VIENTIANE (-/-/-)
Meet on arrival, you are welcome to Vientiane, the city of the moon - an ancient city, situated on the bend on the left bank of the Mekong as the largest city and the capital of Laos. Transfer to hotel for check-in. In the afternoon, we take a sightseeing tour of Vientiane, to visit religious museums of Wat Sisaket, the oldest temple to have been survived from the Siamese war of 1828 and its cloister contains more than 8000 Buddha statues; Wat Ho Prakeo, the former home-temple of the Emerald Buddha statue or Pra Keo, but today it contains a collection of Buddha statues, antiques and all artifacts found in around Vientiane; That Luang Stupa, the single most important monument in Laos, which was built to cover the original small stupa containing a piece of the chest bone of Buddha; Patouxay (Arch de Triumph), built quite recently in commemoration of those who died during the wars in the past and it is today as the land-mark of Vientiane. Meals: None. Accommodation: Hotel. Transport: Private air-conditioned.

Day 2 : VIENTIANE - LUANG NAM THA
After breakfast, transfer to Wattay airport for departure by QV flight to Luang Nathan, a land of rugged mountains, pristine forests, and rich river plains with over 20 ethnic groups, make it the most ethnically diverse province in Laos. Upon arrival at Luang Nathan airport, our guide will accompany you to your guest house. P.M visit Luang Nathan provincial museum, drive outskirt of town to visit Ban Nam Leu, a small village of Lane Tane hill tribe and also visit Ban Thongchai Neua, a silk-weaving village of Tai Dam. Meals: B. Accommodation: Guest house. Transport: Private air-conditioned, airplane.

Day 3 : LUANG NAM THA - MUANGSING
Following breakfast, we head north by car about 2-3hrs to Muangsing, a small town near Laos-China border where there are more hill tribes to be seen. There are lots of interesting villages of various ethnic groups such as Hmong, Aka…that we may visit. Check in at a good guest house and enjoy our lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, we continue to drive to near China border area and visit villages of Ikor or Aka ethnic group as well as a village of Yao hill tribe where you will learn more traditional way of rural life with their fascinating culture of these people. Dinner is at a local restaurant or guest house. Meals: B, L, D. Accommodation: Guest house. Transport: Private air-conditioned.

Day 4 : MUANG SING - XIENGKOK - MUANGSING 
After early breakfast, it will be another highlight day to take a drive about 2-3 hrs to visit villages of various types of Aka hill tribe on the way to Xiengkok, a small village for the check point on the Mekong to Burma It\'s quite easy to see lots of ethnic Aka people, walking along the road. Arrive Xiengkok village, where we will have lunch at local restaurant and take a view of Burma on the other side of the Mekong river. Return to Muangsing in late afternoon and the rest of the day is spent free at leisure. Dinner is at local restaurant. Meals: B, L, D.

Day 5 : MUANGSING - OUDOMXAY
Early morning visit Muangsing morning market, where there are lots of Aka people, who bring their forestry products to sell and also buy their necessary goods back home. Breakfast at local restaurant, it\'s time to say good buy to Muangsing, and drive back to Luang Namtha and continue about 4 hours drive to Oudomxay, a good stop off point N or S surrounded by hills, linking China, Vietnam, Luang Prabang and Pakbeng, even it was razed during the war. There are also more villages of ethnic groups such as Hmong, Khmu that we may stop and visit along the way. There are a few good local restaurants where we can take a good simply lunch along the way. Arrive in Oudomxay, check in at a good guest house and relax after a long day drive. Dinner is also at local restaurant. Meals: B, L. Accommodation: Guest house. Transport: Private air-conditioned.

Day 6 : OUDOMXAY - PAK OU - LUANG PRABANG
After breakfast, it is also interesting visit the morning market in town, where some Hmong hill tribe people come to sell and buy things there, before we head south by car about 4 hours to Luang Prabang, the ancient first capital of Lane Xang kingdom, the center of religious life in Laos and today the World Heritage City. We also stop to relax and take our lunch at local restaurant. We en route stop to at Ban Pak Ou, a village opposite of Pak Ou cave in the side of a lime stone cliff and opposite of the mouth of the Mekong and Nam Ou rivers. The sanctuaries at Pak Ou consist of two large caves, both repositories for thousands of Buddha images, which range from mere centimeter to two meters in height. We cross the Mekong by small ferry boat to visit Pak Ou cave, and we cross back to Ban Pak Ou to continue our way to Luang Prabang. This afternoon is spent free for own experience of this charming town with kind people. Meals: B, L. Accommodation: Hotel. Transport: Private air-conditioned.

Day 7 : LUANG PRABANG
Breakfast at hotel, we take a sightseeing tour of the sacred city of temples, of which nearly fifty still remain in the town and surrounding areas. visit the National Museum, the former Royal Palace which houses the collection of valuables including the famous Prabang Buddha statue, gifts received from foreign dignitaries…etc…; Visit Wat Visoun, the 16th century temple served as a small museum for religious artifacts; Wat Aham, the early 19th century temple, whose two guardian figures at the foot of the steps which represent two characters from the Ramayana - Hanuman, the Monkey God and a fierce Yaksa; drive outskirts of town to visit Ban Xangkhong, the well-known village for its wood papers and also Lao silk weavings with natural dyes. In the afternoon, we continue to visit Wat Xiengthong, the 16th century temple, which more than any temples in Luang Prabang, epitomizes all the elegance and grace of Luang Prabang architecture, Hmong market in town, where some of Hmong ladies still show their skilled embroidery works, climb Phousi Hill, the 328 steps leads to the summit of Phousi Hill that dominates the sky-line of Luang Prabang overlooking the finest panoramic view in the whole Luang Prabang and watch sunset over the hill at Wat Phabat Tai on the bank of the Mekong river. Meals: B. Accommodation: Hotel. Transport: Private air-conditioned.

Day 8 : LUANG PRABANG - KUANGSI WATERFALL 
A morning breakfast, we take a drive (30 km South) to visit Kuangsi Waterfall, which, though not very high, is spectacular and really beautiful with its green surroundings as the preserved National park. We stop en-route, stop to visit a fresh produced market namely Talad Phosy, where most of your food come from and also visit Ban Na Oune, a small village of Hmong hill-tribe group. Just before arriving at Kuangsi waterfall, there is another village of Khmu minority group, Ban Tha Pane that we may visit. Our picnic lunch is served at the shady park nearby Kuangsi waterfall. There is plenty of time for relaxing and a swim in cool water, before we head back to Luang Prabang in the late afternoon. The rest of the day is spent free for independent exploration on this ancient town. Meals: B/L. Transport: Private air conditioned. Accommodation: Hotel

Day 9 : LUANG PRABANG - DEPARTURE
After breakfast, we spent a free morning for last chance to shop and visit local sights by own, before we say good bye to Luang Prabang. Transfer to Luang Prabang airport for departure to next destination. Meals: B. Transport: Private air conditioned.

Accommodation: None.

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Vientiane province expands road network

LAOS - Vientiane province will spend more than 25 billion kip to asphalt a 13.5km section of road between Huayphanla and Nongsan villages in Kasy district as one of the government's priority projects.

According to a local reporter, Mr Phoukhong Siduanglath, an agreement was made at the General Staff Department of the Defence Ministry on March 10, and was inked between Director of the Vientiane provincial Public Works and Transport Department, Mr Thavone Phengseng, and the owner of a road construction company, Mr Somphan Panyathilath.

Deputy Director General of the department and Chairman of the Lao-Thai Border Security Sub-committee Brigadier General Bouasieng Champaphanh attended the signing along with other officials.

"This road linking Huayphanla village to the Nongsan development area is a mountainous area and a priority project of the government because the people in the Nongsan area are mostly returning illegal migrants from Thailand who have settled here ," said Mr Thavone.

He said the road will help local people transport goods to the Phalak development area which is also home to former illegal migrants. The road will pass through Phalak to the urban area of Kasy district.

The road is set to finish in two years time and will cost more than 25 billion kip, financed by the government, he said. The asphalt road will be eight metres wide.

The purpose of the project is to help improve the living conditions of people living in the Nongsan development area.

It is also being tied to this week's 9th Party Congress and elections for the 7th Legislature of the National Assembly.

"I want the construction company to build the road quickly because it will facilitate two further projects in the Nongsan area to provide electricity and irrigation," said Brigadier General Bouasieng.

"Currently there are difficulties transporting fuel, construction materials and electricity poles to the area."

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Leap of Faith - Bungee Jump Thailand

“Should I jump, or wait to be pushed?”

 

Today, with the ever-increasing popularity and legalization of this extreme sport, the wide-eyed and crazed leapers of faith can embrace the freedom of flying (aka falling) with less fear of police arrest – the only fear they need deal with is the obvious one, that of ending up as a messy puddle on the tarmac resembling non-vegetarian strawberry jam.

 

Whilst travelling through southeast Asia’s awe-inspiring scenery the fascination of bungy- jumping finally gripped me when I paid a visit to “Bungy Jungle” in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. Like all bungy jump sites in Thailand, it is fully insured and has been accident-free since opening.

 

Most people won't consider trying bungy jumping for fear of the chord snapping or of their eyeballs dislocating, but the truth is that there is a very low incidence of bungy-jumping accidents, when compared to other extreme sports.

 

I was about to join the ranks of adrenaline junkies - those bravehearts or fools who have overcome the entirely rational and reasonable fear of falling with their thrill-seeking fetish. I weighed myself in, strapped myself up and prepared for a heart-stopping rush. Upon reaching the top of the crane I saw a young Scandinavian couple. They were preparing for a tandem jump, where they would plummet earthwards bound together. Through the fog of fear clouding my brain I realized that I really wouldn’t fancy being tied together with anybody, least of all my beloved, whilst bungy-jumping – it seemed a very bad idea to take on the further risk of clobbering her somewhere soft and/or painful with my elbow - I would be in the dog-house for so long if i KO’ed her with an inadvertant left hook.

 

I didn't pay the couple much attention. Perhaps they were helping me out with some encouraging words but, not wanting to wait for fear of bottling out, I stepped forwards towards the abyss. All I could hear was the voice of the safety crew-member standing next to me saying, "Relax. Breathe deeply. Look at those beautiful mountains in the distance... Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Jump!" Perhaps unsurprisingly his final countdown didn't work at all for me, as 10 seconds later we were still standing there, 165ft above a fresh water lake at Mae Rim Valley. All my heroic bravado had vanished – I seemed to have left it at the registry counter of the shop on the ground where I had paid my money.

 

Looking down at the ant-like figures of the people below, I realized, "man, it's high up here. Maybe I should just bail out and write off the money - it might be a waste of cash, but at least I’d live”. Then I considered the merciless mockery I would be subjected to if I bailed out – I was accompanied by 3 mates, who would be sure to compare me unfavourably to a girl during every other remaining waking moment of the trip to Thailand. Its not that I’ve got anything against girls, far from it, but I didn’t fancy this prospect at all.

 

I’m not sure why I finally jumped. Maybe it was the fear-of-mockery macho-bravado or maybe it was stinginess at not wanting to waste the fee (I’m from Yorkshire). Either way, the next thing I did, grimacing like a condemned man, was to close my eyes and swan-dive head-first over the edge.

 

Although it lasted only seconds, the 60 mph plunge seemed to take forever. I couldn’t believe I had jumped! I felt totally disorientated in an unpleasantly weird way, yet at the same time I was loving the indescribably sublime sensation of free fall, whilst feeling near to death at the same time – it was almost like I was knocking on heaven’s door – very loudly. I started to scream louder and louder in my head but suppressed this internal racket and emitted no sound at all to the outside world. I had already been very embarrassed to linger there at the edge the moment before and had thus to be a bit cool through the whole process of jumping in order to save face. I opened my eyes and realized in a moment of epiphany that I was more scared of embarrassing myself in front of my friends than I was of the up-rushing terra firma. Ten minutes later I watched the Scandy couple plunge earthwards wrapped in each others’ arms and changed my mind about not going bungy-jumping with my better half – it seemed like the Swedes enjoyed it anyway, particularly as they had chosen to have a slightly longer rope than usual, meaning that their heads were dunked into the water at the bottom of the fall. The attendant at the ticket booth had asked one of my friends if he wanted to go for this option and I remember my friend looking at the attendant as if he needed brain surgery for asking such a question.

 

I idly wondered which of the guys would be the first to prove their superior machismo by now having a go at the head-dunking version. Then I saw Tom walking towards the ticket booth with a somewhat grim but determined look on his face. “Hmmm” I thought, “I’m closer to the ticket booth than he is, there’s no way I’m letting him get there first”.

 

It’s a great experience, a natural high. It’s also a high-risk exploit. Unlike most sports bungy- jumping allows zero margin for error. In a free fall, a mistake or an equipment failure would almost certainly mean a jumper’s demise. But talk to any bungy enthusiast and he’ll tell you about the chills and thrills of the most extremely exciting entertainment in the world … but he won’t mention the spills (well, if there had been a spill, he wouldn’t be there to tell you about it, would he?).

 

Whilst in Thailand, why not visit out one of Thailand's currently best three beach destinations

 

Koh Lao Liang: http://www.andamanadventures.com/kohlaoliang.shtml

 

Ao Nang: http://www.andamanadventures.com/ao_nang.shtml

 

Railay/Tonsai: http://www.andamanadventures.com/railay-tonsai.shtml

 

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