We smartly scheduled a couple of days of nothing after Vang Vieng knowing that we’d be feeling pretty rough and hungover. Katie booked us into a pretty nice place, the Mandala boutique hotel, and it was just what the doctor … Continue reading
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Tubing in the Vang Vieng
From Luang Prabang we hopped on a very tiny, very uncomfortable bus for a 3 hour journey to Vang Vieng. Vang Vieng wasn’t super high on our to-do list but it was on the way to Vientiene and we thought, … Continue reading
The Elephant Village
While in Luang Prabang, we scheduled some time on Valentine’s Day to help care for the elephants at the Elephant Village. We booked the full day Mahout Experience where they teach you how to communicate with the elephants, you ride … Continue reading
Kayaking the Mekong
After a few lazy days at the falls and temples we wanted to get in some exercise so signed up for a kayaking trip to the Pak Ou caves with the Phone Travel Co. (LAK 200k pp and a great … Continue reading
Kuang Si Waterfalls
The biggest natural attraction in Luang Prabang are the Kuang Si waterfalls. About 20 miles out of town, we hitched a ride on a tuk tuk (LAK 50k pp about $6 USD, a private tuk tuk is LAK 200k) with … Continue reading
Luang Prabang
We were pretty sad to leave northern Thailand as we had a fantastic time, but we’d heard great things about Luang Prabang. Probably the biggest tourists town in Laos we soon realised why this UNESCO heritage town was so popular. … Continue reading