South East Asian Trips

This large town on the Mekong seems to be taking advantage of its strategic location and is becoming an important transit point for trade between Thailand and Vietnamese part of Danang. The town still has a few structures from its colonial past.

Laos is one of the better outdoor-adventure destinations in Southeast Asia: there are trekking opportunities, cave systems to be explored and white-water rivers to be rafted. With the emergence of a number of specialized travel companies offering inexpensive, organized, adventure tours in previously remote reaches, it's now easier than ever to experience the wild side of Laos.

Laos is wild country. Over seventy percent of it comprises high terrain, with chains of mountains reaching heights of over 2800m running its entire length. Covering many of these ranges are expanses of virgin rainforest. And from these highlands run steep, narrow valleys through which rivers rush down from the mountain heights to join the "Mother of Waters", the mighty Mekong River, which flows the entire length of the country.