Posts Tagged ‘Laos’

The LG Travel News Roundup: Tubing Deaths Lead to Big Changes in Laos

By Heather Brennan LG News Intern Missed the big travel stories of the week? And the weird, wacky and insignificant ones? We’ve got your roundup right here… Dangerous Lazy Rivers Amid rising numbers of tourist deaths in Laos, riverside bars have been closed down. The twenty tourist deaths in 2011...

October 7th, 2012 | Weekly Travel News | Read More

Lost Girls of the Week: Kim Pitingolo and Coley Nelson

This week’s lost girls are friends Kim Pitingolo and Coley Nelson who were inspired to plan a trip around the world and are currently traveling through New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, and Laos. Kim is a 20-something, adventure-seeking, culture junkie with the desire to inspire. Kim caught the...

October 5th, 2011 | Lost Girl of the Week | Read More

How to Ride Elephants in Laos: A City Girl’s Guide

by Perrin Bailey Special to Lost Girls World Seven years ago, I awoke in my second-avenue apartment to the jolly musical renderings of twenty-six yellow taxis. The streets flickered like a Pac Man machine featuring two-dozen Pac Men on a Starbucks drip. All vehicles raced towards dollar signs and...