This is one of a series of six videos about our search for one of the branches of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. There were many branches of the trail, in Laos as well as Vietnam. We wanted to see if we could find one of the branches, or at least have a better understanding of the experience those who traveled on the Laos portions of the trail lived. We got more than we bargained for…
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This is one of a series of six videos about our search for one of the branches of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. There were many branches of the trail, in Laos as well as Vietnam. We wanted to see if we could find one of the branches, or at least have a better understanding of the experience those who traveled on the Laos portions of the trail lived. We got more than we bargained for…
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This is one of a series of six videos about our search for one of the branches of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. There were many branches of the trail, in Laos as well as Vietnam. We wanted to see if we could find one of the branches, or at least have a better understanding of the experience those who traveled on the Laos portions of the trail lived. We got more than we bargained for…
Read the rest of this article…
This is the first of a series of six videos about our search for one of the branches of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. There were many branches of the trail, in Laos as well as Vietnam. We wanted to see if we could find one of the branches, or at least have a better understanding of the experience those who traveled on the Laos portions of the trail lived. We got more than we bargained for…
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Claire and Bob Rogers got lost in the jungle in Laos, and Lucky, their stuffed panda got scared. They wer in an area not yet cleared of anti-personnel ordinance from the Vietnam War. This time they almost went too far with this adventure stuff.
The first day they got lost. It was really hot. Some nice villagers took them to the head man and he said they could stay. We slept under our mosquito net. They ate some funny food. The village stayed up late watching Bob and Claire. They even watched them brush teeth. The head man said they’d not seen foreginers before. Probably because other foreigners are not stupid to get lost in the jungle on a bicycle!
The second day the village men told us how to get un-lost. But they had never been far from their village, so they were wrong. We were lost all day. They had to push Zippy in the mud and through stickers. We didn’t see any snakes. There were mosquitoes and deep water. They fell lots, and it hurts my fluff head when we fall! Bob makes loud words when we fall. Zippy is hurt, but he can still go.
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We were introduced to this magic plant in Queensland when we were riding Zippy, our tandem bicycle, around Australia. Claire noticed it here in Laos. The same magic works here. Read the rest of this article…
Activity on a Lao river near sunset. Children jumping from a bridge, boats, inner-tubers, motorcycles on rickety bridge, evening light. Read the rest of this article…
Full Moon Festival in Vientiane, Laos Read the rest of this article…