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Travel Blogs from Louang Phabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
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Jewel of Indochina
This is a top pick! ... its contents have disappeared. Despite several locals sitting around the area, eveyone mutters that they were sleeping and saw nothing. Louang Phabang, as the Ancient Capital, is said to be the jewel of the country. Although we had heard from others ...
Finally, Civilization again
... tribes reign, you start to long for a city, any city of considerable size. The one we came to first was Louang Phabang. This is a cool little city. Two streets dedicated almost entirely to the tourist heaven. Everything we had ...
Laos
... ... we are in Vietnam for the past 2 weeks after spending two weeks in Laos. I really enjoyed Laos. First stop was Louang Phabang.We took a 2 day (slow) boat trip down the Mekong River from Thailand to get there. I'd heard mixed reviews ...
SLLLLOOOWWWW Boat to Louang Phabang
... . We went into town and booked our flight to Hanoi, Vietnam and got to know the quaint picturesque town of Louang Phabang. Monks, jagged sharp mountains, temples, and nice people filled the experience. This little town exceeded its ...
Louang Phabang
Louang Prabang is a delightful little town- it is cooler & quieter than Chiang Mai, but with lots of very good restaurants (I had a lovely Jalfrezi my first night). It also has some interesting markets and many excursions are available. There's even a ...
Louang Phabang
Hi everybody! I had a very nice (if stiffening) 2-day journey down-river from the Laos border to Louang Prabang. The scenery was gorgeous (you would have loved it Ian) so I took alot of photos, most of which are uploaded here, although there is prbably ...
Uncomfortable travelling!
... of this restaurant where we found the bar. Strangest looking thing. Very big on it's neon lights and paintings. After various Beer Lao, and Lao Whisky and coke (my new favourite tipple) Anna and one of the other girls Laura, got up and did a wonderful ...
Thailand, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
... the Nam Ou river. Here we would find a boat and drift down the Nam Ou river all the way to UNESCO protected Louang Phabang. Only rather than fighting the crowds, here we were practically alone. And rather than merely putting our names down on a ...
Laos - Loaung Phabang and The Mekong
... ; Bit of a one horse town with no hot water anywhere, and no power after 10:30pm. The following day we arrived in Louang Phabang and checked into a really nice place near the Thang Farang, with a couple called Ben and Jess who we'd met before in ...
Louang Phabang
Finally made it to Louang Phabang and it was so nice to make it back to civilisation! We went to a gorgeous waterfall completely clear water and ate some really nice food at the scandinavian Bakery, everywhere shuts at 10.30 but its a really pretty ...
Speed boat trip on the Mekong River
... go for an excellent meal costing $5 each, at Indochina Spirit . This restaurant is claimed to be the best Lao restaurant, not only in Louang Phabang but Loas. It is a renovated antique shop with al fresco patio and traditional live music and was once ...
Louang Phabang
... to a slap-up dinner. Lou tired of rice & noodles, went for Camembert quiche to start & pasta for main. John opted for a traditional Lao meal, which consisted of around 7 or 8 dishes. All polished off with a nice bottle of red wine, which went down rather ...
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