Laos

Learning to ride a Manual Motorbike in Southeast Asia with Uncle Toms Trails: Scootering around Southeast Asia is an essential part of the travel experience. Exploring each new place on a scooter is often the cheapest and most efficient way to see all the sights, get off the beaten path, and see the most of what each place has to offer. Being from the US, scooters and motorbikes are pretty foreign to me. However, I have pushed passed my comfort zone a few times in my travels so far and the rewards have been immense. Uncle Toms motorbike school in [...]

The Gibbon Experience is a Once in a Lifetime Adventure Ever wanted to be Tarzan? Have you imagined what it’d be like to glide across the jungle and sleep in a giant tree house? The Gibbon Experience combines these childhood dreams with an awesome conservation effort, and is a must do if you are visiting Laos.     If you are reading this post in an effort to decide if you will sign up for the Gibbon Experience please go and sign up immediately. Trust me just do it.! Yes it is expensive (especially if you are on a backpackers [...]