Laos

Laos was my first experience of wildlife travel. Undertaken in the summer of 2015, I went with my very close friend Ollie Froy. We were there merely to explore, but made a point of going in search of the Critically endangered Black Crested Gibbon and the Irrawaddy River Dolphin.

I must include a caveat: my long suffering travel companion Ollie features quite unwillingly in almost all of these posts. When I mentioned that I might write blog entries about our trip, the rapid ascent of his eyebrows immediately told me I shouldn’t.

Nb. Unfortunately, due to a computer crash I have lost most of my photographs from Laos.

Nbb. For some reason the posts do not appear in order so I have leabelled them

Apr 25, 202010 min read

That which lives in the water (Post 7)

“Help!” I waved frantically at the people on the bank. They waved back. That was nice. But also very unhelpful.

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Apr 25, 20206 min read

The fool and the fence (Post 6)

“I’ve always wanted to try riding a motorbike.” I remember saying this to Ollie, but I’m not sure why I said it. Because I really haven’t.

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Apr 25, 20209 min read

Si Phan Don(’t!) (Post 5)

“There is literally nothing to do here except count the seconds until your departure.”- English (have actually visited the place)

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Sep 6, 20194 min read

Spewing Boris (Post 1)

If the phrase “start as you mean to go on” was enshrined in International Law, I probably wouldn’t even have reached Vientiane.

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Sep 6, 20193 min read

Ollies and Eles (Post 2)

Ok, let’s play a little game. What is huge, has hardly any hair, and acted as my bathing companion? Thats Right, it’s Ollie Froy!

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Sep 6, 20196 min read

The Day I Felt Tall (Post 3)

What did appear on the bank was just as surprising, for cutting a lonely figure in the middle of nowhere, (not an exaggeration) was a man.

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Sep 5, 201911 min read

The Froy-dian Slip (Post 4)

Of the many qualities my wonderful friend possesses, grace is not included. Graciousness, yes- he is absolutely lovely. Gracefulness? Nah.

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