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The action doesn't stop at the front line of this national park, as the smaller islands of the archipelago also offer experiences to last you a lifetime, even though

To those of us used to unreconstructed madness of everyday Saigon, a visit to genteel An Phu can seem like a trip to another planet.

In the city itself, there are a number of small cafes, restaurants, and bakeries for travellers to experience. A market with food, clothing, and other goods can be

"My mother liked him very much," she says. "He was very funny, very smart, very charming. And he was very, very handsome."

Koh Yao Noi is such a praiseworthy and adjective-iable island that James Austin Farrell finds it hard to avoid constituencies of cliché.

Pakse is a small city, lacking the charm of some of Laos's more northern cities and towns, but with a number of decent hotels, a few casual restaurants and not much