"Mekong River to Luang Prabang" Ashley_and_erik's photos about Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep by TravelPod blogger Ashley_and_erik titled "Mekong River to Luang Prabang" Ashley_and_erik's travel blog entry: "After quite a bit of deliberation, we finally decided to take the 7 hour motor boat ride from Nong Khiau to Luang Prabang. We boarded the boat when told to, then waited about an hour before it actually left the shore - pretty standard in the parts of Laos that we have already visited. The boat was long and narrow, ten rows of two seats and an area at the back for luggage to be piled up high and out of the way. Our passengers included a group of about five Norwegians, a Korean girl and a couple from Melbourne - Aiden and Larry (Larrissa). I was particularly interested in the boat trip as it would give us a pretty good idea about the state of the rapids in this section of the Mekong river. The first few rapids were quite tame and it seemed like they would be easy to navigate. Ashley and I looked at each other after each rapid and exchanged nods or glances to indicate whether we thought that section was manageable. The scenery from the relative comfort of a motor boat was quite stunning. We passed familiar village scenes and Lao people out and about in their canoes, or up to their knees pulling in fishing lines, or young kids playing in the shallow waters by their local village. Our boat driver was excellent and it was immediately obvious he knew the river intimately. As we ...



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