Pakse Vacations, Pakse Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Three weeks in Laos. The first week was mostly about the people; a 3 day trekking in Bokeo provence and visiting lots of villages. The second week mostly consisted of wats and jars and the 3rd week was about boats and nature with Phu Hin Bun national park and a couple of the 4000 islands.

The Bolaven Plateau is the covered in coffee and tea plantations with beautiful waterfalls scattered throughout.  Paces is the main city in the area which makes it the typical stopping point for travelers heading south.  The town is quite bland.  However, the slow pace lowered my beggar guard which allowed for some interesting insight into daily small town life in Laos.  We found a nice cheap Korean BBQ restaurant where locals went for special occasions.  These ...

You would never believe that Laos is located between two visited countries such as Thailand and Vietnam, unless you go there and see it. Unlike those two countries, beautiful as well but much more tourist, Laos seems to belong to another planet. You´ll notice it by looking at the people. Children and adults will wave and smile to you not because they want to get something from you, but just because they are authentic. Laos is a jewel not found yet. Hopefully it will last forever...

9/17/06 Well we woke up way to early and arrived at the airport and went through the most laid back security I have seen at an airport in a long while. We asked the girl at the counter to check on the status of our change request but of course, she couldn't and told us to ask at the reservation window. Cindy asked the girl at reservations who told her the computer was down and to check in Pakse. We were somewhat nervous of loosing our seats, so Cindy walked over to the international termina...