As we say goodbye to Northern Thailand and hello to Laos, we embark on a 7 hour bus journey and two 7hr boat journeys before we finally arrive at our destination. Oh my goodness, how will I manage.
The mini-bus to Chiang Khong was rather uneventful. The town itself is very small and really only serves as a border crossing. So after getting our Laos visa, we hoped on a small wooden boat and crossed the Mekong river to another small one horse town on the other side, Huay Soi. It kind of reminded me of a small town in the wild wild west. The best thing about it was the amazing sunset over the river.
The next morning we got up early and down to the pier to catch the boat to Luang Prabang via Pra Beng. Unfortunately unknown to ourselves we arrived 3 hrs early, and the boat left an hour late. So we were sitting on very uncomfortable wooden seats for far to long - ouch. The amazing tropical jungle scenery, with sleepy little villages in the trees made up for the discomfort. However after two days we were more than happy to leave the boat behind.
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