Luang Prabang, Laos
I have been told that Laos is 40 years behind Thailand, and I definitely believe it since it took two days to get into Luang Prabang from Chiang Khong in Thailand. There is a kamikaze option of a speedboat which would most likely explode upon the smallest impact with any object in the river, but that makes it quite dangerous when the river is high (the passengers actually wear helmets). The safest way to get here is to take a two day slow boat cruising down the Mekong, which is beautiful....but two days feels like a long time. We overnighted in a little village in the middle of nowhere, but we had a pretty sizeable crew that all stayed at the same guesthouse with a beautiful view over the river. The view however, was the only beautiful thing about it! Then it was back on the boat for another seven hours today. Luang Prabang is a beautiful riverside town small enough that whenever we go out we run in a dozen people we met on the trip. The most frustrating thing about Laos so far is that they use three currencies: the Thai Baht, the Laos Kip, and the US Dollar. What is worst though is the kip's largest denomination works out to $2 US so after changing $100 CDN I am not longer able to close my wallet. So now I find myself in Laos for 3-4 weeks and need to figure out what to do...
posted by Erin @ 7:37 AM
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