Being stupid in Soviet Asia

Lao PDR (People's Democratic Republic) is one the five remaining communist countries in the world. It's also one of the countries included on a popular Southeast Asian backpacking route. Thailand is famous for its' beautiful islands and spicy food, Cambodia has Angkor Wat and everybody knows Vietnam because of the war. Laos is famous for nothing. It's like a lucky hangaround getting some attention left over from its' neighbors. One of my most bizarre travels by far happened in this mysterious country. And like so many times before, I ended up in some weird and unforeseen situations.

From the middle of nowhere. Or rice fields actually.

Since my German friend Niklas had told me about Pang Na, it had been my goal to visit this small village in the middle of Cambodian countryside. Unfortunately he couldn't join this time but I got the contacts of his host and friend in Pang Na so I was able to go there by myself. While staying in Phnom Penh for a few days I was trying to reach Seng Thy (the host and contact) by e-mail. It wasn't until my last morning before leaving back to Bangkok when I finally got the answer. Thy promised to pick me up from my guest house in two hours, so I spontaneously decided to exceed my trip by a couple of days.

Travelling in time

Since it seems like I have many potential readers who don't understand Finnish, I will write in English this time. I'd like to see increase in my page views so you'd better read this or bad things will happen! Anyway here's a few words about Phnom Penh, the mind-blowing capital of Cambodia.