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  • Laos

    15 Photos from 27 days in Northern Laos

    December 22, 2014

    The first trip through Laos started in the northern town of Muang Khua, then took us down the Nam Ou river to Nong Khiaw, through the capital Vientiane and ended with the Thakhek motorbike loop in central Laos. Below is an unedited selection from the Laos photo gallery that we captured during our 27 day trip through this beautiful country. We started in the north east town of Muang Khua and after much negotiating caught a boat down the Nam Ou river to Nong Khiaw. We stopped along the river bank at a small village and found these curious children playing on the river’s mud bank. Our trek in northern…

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  • A Day in the Life,  Diving,  Food,  Thailand

    Things We Do In Bangkok

    May 16, 2014

    24 hours in Bangkok to re-new Lionel’s new passport.

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  • Vietnam

    Two Months in Vietnam – Photo Gallery

    October 31, 2013

    It is hard to express the intensity, emotion and colour of Vietnam in photos alone.  Here is a selection of some of our experiences from the claustrophobic cities to the remote countryside of Vietnam. Enjoy! Lionel & Emma TWOGREENBACKPACKS.COM/VIETNAM

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  • Cambodia

    One Month in Cambodia – Photo Gallery

    October 25, 2013

    We have put together a travel photo gallery of our favourite photos from Cambodia. They are unedited photos and a collection of our impressions and memories. Please enjoy! TWOGREENBACKPACKS.COM/CAMBODIA

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  • Laos

    One Month in Laos – Photo Gallery

    October 25, 2013

    Lionel, the genius, has made a travel photo gallery. He coded the whole thing on our tiny, out of memory, super slow, tablet. We have selected our favourite photos from each country starting with Laos. These are unedited and reflect our impressions of the country. TWOGREENBACKPACKS.COM/LAOS

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    The Day I Killed A Goat

    November 20, 2013
  • A Day in the Life,  Thailand

    How We Entertain Ourselves on Rainy Days in Phayao, Thailand

    October 20, 2013

    We’ve spent the last few days in Phayao, mostly rained in so no riding around. No Internet in the hotel either and only one English speaking channel on TV – the Japanese channel. Had to entertain ourselves… Pizza Delivery Girl. Lionel found Bumblebee. The supermarket is a great source of entertainment. We found Supaporn Vitamins! Literally ice-cold beer. Monk figurines. Inprove your nipples and firm your bust? Anyone up for Durian ice-cream? Ladyboys at Tescos… Steering wheel handbags. For men. Lionel pulled over on the bike and accidentally stepped in mud. It was hilarious.

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    After Six Weeks of Traveling..

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  • Ponderings,  Pre-Travel

    Image Size Management

    October 18, 2013

    For the first few months of our blog, we used to upload images in their native size, which is 4K. This is rather insane and I have now decided that it is not something we want to do for several reasons: 1. Upload & download bandwidth cost 2. Upload time 3. Readers really don’t need 4K images The first step was to stop the madness. So, since late August we have been batch re-sizing our images using the Photo Editor app for Android. We copy the images we have selected to add to the blog into an upload/ folder. Then we batch process them to a maximum width or height…

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  • Ponderings,  Pre-Travel,  Travel Guide

    Data Management – Photo Backup While Traveling

    October 2, 2013

    When we set off on our several months long trip to south-east Asia, I always expected us to take A LOT of photos. I had heard horror stories of people that lose or have their SD cards stolen during the last week of traveling, loosing all of their photos. This was not a risk I was willing to take, so I planned for some redundancy. After just over 5 months, naturally the megabytes are mounting up and we are getting low storage warnings on our TF700 Asus tablet, Emma’s iPhone and sometimes even the camera’s SD cards. In total that is 16GB (iPhone), 64GB (tablet) and 64GB (2x 32GB SD…

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  • Ma Pi Leng Pass Vietnam
    Activities,  Motorbiking,  Vietnam

    Ma Pi Leng Pass: Riding A Motorbike From Dong Van To Meo Vac

    August 15, 2013

    The Ma Pi Leng pass is quite possible the single best kept secret of intrepid travel in Vietnam. A fellow traveler had told me about these very remote towns deep in the north of Vietnam. One called Dong Van and the other called Meo Vac. I had never heard of either of them. Of course that fact alone peaked my interest. It was not so much the towns themselves, but what lay between them. What connected them was the Ma Pi Leng pass. The single best bit of road in all of South East Asia in my opinion. This drive was so special that we did it twice. Yes, two…

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  • Attractions,  Top Things To Do,  Vietnam

    Ho Chi Minh’s Body

    July 31, 2013

    Today we went to see Vietnam’s most famed deceased person, Mr. Ho Chi Minh. Yes, deceased. Dead. Ho Chi Minh, more affectionately known as Uncle Ho, is the man who is famed for unifying Vietnam and fighting the Japanese, the French and then the Americans. And he’s dead. Since 1969 actually. Against his wishes, the Vietnamese government decided to embalm him so that he could be with the people forever. And it’s pretty cool. We got to the mausoleum around 9.30am – it’s only open from 8am to 11am, and despite the large crowd of people, the line moved swiftly and orderly. We got into a bit of a fight…

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