About Adventures of a GoodMan
My name is Greg Goodman, and this is the magazine of my life.
. . . .Through it, I invite you to join me on a virtual photographic trip around the world, complimented by stories and multimedia from the road.
Think of the site as my answer to the age-old question: I traveled; now what?
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Laos: A Welcome Return to the Third World
It’s crazy that less than a month from now I will be back in the USA! How time flies. In the mean time, this entry covers June 19 – July 5, 2009 when Carrie and I headed to Laos. During our whirlwind two weeks there we went ziplining over the …
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An Analysis of the Food of Laos
Much of the food in Laos is similar to Thailand with a steady diet of curries, fried rice and fried noodles with your choice of with vegetables, egg, chicken, pork or fish. Curry soups are also very popular and most dishes are supplemented by a wicker basket of sticky rice. …
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Getting Around Laos in Flatbed Trucks, Buses, Boats, Rikshaws and More
Tourist Travel: Buses, Sleeper Buses and Minivans Like most countries, Laos offers tourists pre-packaged ways to get from one popular destination to the next at a price way higher than local transportation. The advantage of taking one of these AC minivans or comfy first class buses is that they pick …
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Zip Lining, Leeches and Sleeping in Treehouses at the Gibbon Experience
For three days and two nights we alternated between trekking through the jungle and ziplining above it before settling in for the night in a treehouse. It really was one of the coolest things ever…except for the leeches.
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The Slow Boat Down the Mekong
The Mekong River is the lifeblood of Laos, running through most of the country and providing resources for more than 50 million people. The shores are filled with villages, farms, boats and locals going about their daily lives. A glance into the horizon reveals beautiful mountain ranges, rock formations, blue …
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Can We Please Go Back to Louang Prabang?
We knew when we Louang Prabang after only one day that we would regret it. That’s the trouble with traveling on a schedule. One of the largest cities in Laos, though still very small, this sleepy little town is surrounded by mountains and nature. We spent our limited time there …
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Tubing With No Tube and Watching Friends in Vang Vieng
I’ll admit it; Vang Vieng sucked us in. We came to the city for a lazy inner tube ride down the river, as advertised in our guide book, and figured we’d be there for a day or two max. However, upon arrival we were greeted by streets filled with rows …
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Off the Beaten Track to Wat Phou and Champasak
I love ruins, buildings and architecture, so when our book said that Wat Phou had the most beautiful Khmer ruins in Laos that were evocative of Angkor, I couldn’t say no! Located in the town of Champasak, our journey took nearly 20 hours from Vang Vieng including an overnight sleeper …
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Planting Rice and Watching Monsoons From Hammocks in Don Det
Leaning over with the setting sun on our backs, we laughed along with the local workers at our inability to get the quick motion down. One quick look at the developing paddy revealed exactly which ones we planted and which they did.
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Observations From Two Weeks in Laos
It’s amazing all the things that you get used to after traveling for a while…like chickens walking through a restaurant, elephants and cows in the road and 30 people in the back of a pickup. We heard the news about Michael Jackson on a local bus from an English couple …
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Photos and Videos From My Laos Backpacking Adventures
Photo Galleries on Flickr: Highlights of our time in Laos Laos Food Laos Transportation Videos: Bike ride tour of Don Det The Gibbon Experience – Carrie zip lines into our treehouse on day 1 A 360 view of our Gibbon Experience treehouse followed by a zip out and me crashing …
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- Laos: A Welcome Return to the Third World
- An Analysis of the Food of Laos
- Getting Around Laos in Flatbed Trucks, Buses, Boats, Rikshaws and More
- Zip Lining, Leeches and Sleeping in Treehouses at the Gibbon Experience
- The Slow Boat Down the Mekong
- Observations From Two Weeks in Laos
- Photos and Videos From My Laos Backpacking Adventures