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"Banana Pancake Trail" or "Banana Pancake Circuit" [1] is the name given to growing routes around Southeast Asia, and to some extent South Asia, travelled by backpackers and other tourists. The trail has no clear geographical definition, but is used as a metaphor for places that are popular among Western tourists.
The modern popularity of backpacking can be traced, at least partially, to the hippie trail of the 1960s and 1970s, [5] which in turn followed sections of the old Silk Road. Some backpackers follow the same trail today. [6] Since the late-20th century, backpackers have visited Southeast Asia in large numbers.
Due to the influx of backpackers, Vang Vieng locals have seen drastic changes in their community. [12] In recent years, Vang Vieng has become a stop on the Southeast Asia backpacker circuit and the main street has many guest houses, bars, restaurants, internet cafes and tour agencies. [12]
Tourism is a key source of revenue for Laos, a landlocked nation of about 7 million people that is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia, and which lags behind neighbors Vietnam and ...
For the throngs of young western travellers on South East Asia’s backpacker trail, Vang Vieng has become famous for what is called “tubing.” One described it to me as a water borne pub crawl.
Vang Vieng is a hub for backpackers travelling across south-east Asia. It's home to the Banana Pancake Trail - a popular backpacking route spanning Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
The hippie trail (also the overland [1]) was an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s [2] travelling from Europe and West Asia through South Asia via countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, [3] India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Thailand.
Police in Laos have arrested eight people over the suspected mass methanol poisoning which killed six foreign tourists in backpacking hotspot Vang Vieng.. The Laos government promised justice ...