Member first lines of this Journey Song (“Don’t stop believing”)?
“Just two german boys, living in a new world…” yada yada yada. But we weren’t about looking for love or whatever the point of this song is anyway. There was just a bag positioned in Bangkok and a lot to see on this side of the planet, we decided to settle on for a while.
The dining car of the night train
Athletes on the course through the streets of Luang Prabang
As you might know, health care in developing countries is usually not as good as in first world countries. Since Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, especially children suffer from this disadvantage. That’s why there is Lao Friends Hospital for Children. Like all social projects, the hospital is dependent on donations and volunteers. To earn money, there’s a charity half marathon yearly in luang prabang.
Monks and the decorated temple
This weekend, one of the most important festivals in Luang Prabang took place. It’s called the “Lai Heua Fai”-Festival or the “Festival of lights”.
After one week in Luang Prabang, it’s time to present you our guesthouse: the Pongkham Residence. Also, I want to give you a glance over what’s happening over the next days and weeks.
Pongkham Residence
It took us only 24h in our new home country to get reminded of Germany again. Yes, you read correctly: even in Laos there is an Oktoberfest.
For all of you who don’t know what we are talking about, let me explain. Oktoberfest is one of the biggest and most popular festivals in Germany. It takes place yearly in Munich in Bavaria and has about 5.5 to 6 Million visitors from all over the world. It’s very popular for its beer tents and typical German food. Since not everyone is able to get to Germany but Germans are quite everywhere in the world, there are Oktoberfests in a lot of countries. Sometimes they even import German goods to make it as authentic as possible.
You might have wondered what ‘Aelizebeth’ has to do with Laos –well, today this will change.
First things first. Matthias and me, Maxi, we decided to spent half a year (about 5½h months) in Laos. Initially, we wanted to work at a social project called ‘fairtrek’ (click to open the Webpage). This project aims at two goals: allowing local inhabitants to profit from tourism incomes in Laos and allowing tourists to not only stay in their hotels in the bigger towns but to get to know local people, culture and Lifestyle. For more information about the project and its participants, feel free to visit the webpage of fairtrek.
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