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Vang Vieng, Laos: From Hedonism To Sustainable Tourism

You may know Vang Vieng as the former party capital of South East Asia. Chances are, you may have heard about it from friends, or even in the news. Likely about ‘another’ traveller’s tragic death. But after a strict government crackdown, the town has now shed its old reputation, has reinvented itself and seems to …

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The Great Myanmar Railway Journey (Not For The Faint-Hearted)

‘Don’t lean out any further,’ I heard a voice behind me say. ‘It’s a 100 metre drop.’ I was standing on the steps of the carriage with the door open as we crossed the Gokteik Viaduct, Myanmar’s tallest and most spectacular railway bridge, over a deep river gorge. Every window on the train had at …

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