Muang Khua, Lao Peoples Dem Rep Travel Blogs

Cliffs and Rivers: Nuang Kiow and Muang Noi Neua
Jun 14, 2008

While aimlessly meandering through town on Muang Kiow, we met some people with a plan to go upstream. We decided to join them, not knowing that we were meeting a friend who we would travel with for the next couple weeks. Muang Noi Neua (hard to spell, ...

Nong Khiaw Muan Ngoi
May 22, 2006 (96 photos)

Hi! I had a delightful journey upriver (the Nam Ou) from Louang Prabang to Nong Khiaw. It was technically supposed to be 6 hours long, but I did mention in my last update (I think) that parts of the route I kayaked through were so shallow that I doubted ...

Beach bonfire, enchanting kids, quiet mountains
Dec 11, 2006 (9 photos)

... me up all night. We enjoy a refreshing longtail boat ride up the Nam Ou River to the small riverside village of Muang Ngoi and settle into a bamboo bungalow with a hammock and nice sized deck overlooking the surrounding mountains and the river and ...

Muang Noi Neua
Dec 6, 2008 (12 photos)

V najini zelji spoznati pravi Laos sva se podala iz Nong Khiawa po reki Nam Ou navzgor v vasico Muang Ngoi Neua. Vasico je mogoce doseci le z reke in je priljubljena destinacija popotnikov za izlete v neokrnjeno naravo ter okoliske vasice, ki jih turizem ...

In paradise
Feb 19, 2006 (4 photos)

One hour boat ride upriver we arrived to the best kept secret in the world: Muang Ngoi Neua, a little piece of utopia. The village is by the river Nam Ou, which cuts through amazing tall jungle-covered mountains. There are no motor vehicles, no roads, as ...

Stormy weather
Mar 14, 2006 (1 photos)

... others restless, but after all the travelling recently I was happy to have a enforced day of relaxing. And what a relaxing place Muang Ngoi is - its so cut off there are no motor vehicles, no mobile reception, no mains electricity and no internet, hence ...

Luang Nam Tha
May 1, 2007

We made it to Luang Nam Tha, categorised as a City... well, let's call it town anyways! At least it had internet connection, so I'm not gonna complain! After visiting several times the only two places where we could contract trekkings up in the north of ...

Muang Ngoi Neua
Apr 30, 2005 (27 photos)

Muang Ngoi Neua

Muang Khua
Nov 28, 2007 (10 photos)

And it's great day trip from Dien Bien... 90km in 8h!!!

Laid-Back Laos
Jan 25, 2008 (5 photos)

... awe perspective, that the previous couple of hours had been a tease.  We would spend a quick night in the town Muang Ngoi, where the backpacker climate has taken over, most people coming up from the ancient capitol of Luang Prabang.  We would' ...

Into Laos
Mar 8, 2008

... refuse to grant him a permit until they by the Minister in charge a Land Cruiser which obviously the WWF refuse to do.   Muang Khua where I ended up was a nice little village; a bit like the real Laos as not many tourists make it this far. As ...

in barca verso Nong Kiew
Jun 8, 2005 (5 photos)

Il viaggio in barca verso Nong Khiew e' stato spettacolare.

i love boat journeys
Apr 2, 2007 (25 photos)

departure point for our 30 dollar boat trip down the nam ou river...

Lao-Lao and Mama Tjuum's bungalows
Mar 22, 2005 (15 photos)

... with our bamboo fishing rods and earth worms. We braaied the fish for lunch with some sticky rice. The local custom is to drink Lao-lao a local spirit before eating the river fish - after a whole bottle between the 4 of us (this stuff is like witblitz} we ...

Muang Khua
May 8, 2007 (11 photos)

We travelled by bus through some beautiful mountain scenery for 5 hours to get to Muang Khua which is a very northern province along the Nam Ou river. The town is tiny and not much at all going on there but they have just opened up the border crossing into ...

Hammocks and water buffalos
Oct 6, 2007 (14 photos)

... the balcony of a little bungalow, with no electricy, no cars, no scooters etc. we headed for the village/tourist outpost of Muang Ngoi. We took a Sawngthaew, a small truck with bench seats in the back and a cover over the top, the 4hrs to Muang Kiaw ...

Phongsali, leeches haven, hill tribes' hide away
May 19, 2007 (43 photos)

Fancy some Natinal Geographic photo shoot of tribal people in full regalia ? Feel like dog stew for diner ? Ever dreamt to spot leeches in their natural environment ? Phonsgali is FOR YOU !  A hell of a bus ride to get there (2 days from Luang ...

Muang Khua + En Route
Mar 27, 2009 (29 photos)

... . The track passed a few old-style villages that probably looked the same today as a hundred years ago. We arrived into Muong KhUa at around 2pm, only 8.5 hours after we set off so an improvement on the 10 hour journey we heard about. The bus stopped ...

rent a boat
Apr 2, 2007 (21 photos)

...the most beautiful boat ride. down to muang ngoi neua. we chartered a boat for 30 dollar..

Lao Lao expedition
Jun 10, 2005 (13 photos)

... e altri tre ragazzi ridendo e scherzando abbiamo pensato di comprare una barca e di venire giu' per il fiume Nam Ou, da Muang Ngoi fino a Luang Prabang (l'antica capitale) per 160 kilometri. Alla fine a forza di parlarne ci siamo convinti a farlo e cosi' ...

Up into the mountains...
Mar 13, 2006 (6 photos)

... it. As we got on last, Lucy and I ended up sharing a thin sheet of plywood on top of the engine, crammed in between peoples knees and taking turns with the tiny thin cushion that did little to shield you from the intense heat from below. The bus refused to ...

Caves and Canoes
Mar 15, 2006 (4 photos)

... We were taken up the river by boat to a Khamu tribe village, which was interesting but feels a bit odd just wandering around these peoples homes like a zoo. All the way in the boat I was thinking "He's taking us quite far. I've got to paddle back all this ...

Menudo infierno!
Mar 24, 2009 (5 photos)

... 20 personas, la mayoria campesinos vietnamitas que huelen que alimentan, y arranca el bus. Desde ese momento hasta que llegamos a Muang Khua pasaron 14 horas y 45 minutos!! 85 km.... Nos ocurrieron un monton de cosas! Durante el viaje hemos conocido a ...

Muang Ngoi Neua
May 5, 2006 (11 photos)

... - for a while. The excitement of sitting on a small wooden skinny boat soon wore off as the pins and needles set in. Arriving at Muang Ngoi Neua - we were all surrounded by people wanting us to stay at their guesthouse. We decided to look at one - but it ...

Waiting for boat down Nam Ou
May 16, 2008

Waiting while we put the squeeze on the boat captain to reduce his charge.

The Road to Phongsali
Jun 13, 2005 (7 photos)

Well, the trek from Muang Ngoi Neua up to Phongsali in northern Lao has to be the most adventurous part of my trip so far. I joined up with 2 Canadians (Joanne and Kyle), an American (Mark) and a Brit (Dan) and we set off. Day One: The first leg of our ...

It's Raining Again...
Jun 9, 2005 (9 photos)

... myself a cute, little wooden bungalow with a front porch, a hammock and a great view of the river and did just that for three days. Muang Ngoi Neua is very similar to Si Phan Don in soutern Laos but for some reason, I liked it a lot more. I think it ...

Into Northern Laos
Mar 23, 2008 (10 photos)

After a day of recovery from the dusty trip to Dien Bien Phu I buy a ticket across the border to Muang Khua, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, a small village on the Nam Ou river. The following morning I again find myself in a dark bus station looking for ...

Chilling in the hammock
Oct 24, 2004 (15 photos)

... . They really have some interesting stories to tell about the changing of this lovely country... The small boat took us to the Muang Ngoi. We stayed with Bun in his Happy Bungallows. There were also Sabine and Colin, a funny couple from Holland. The ...

4 hours of bum numbing beauty
May 25, 2007

What an incredible journey that was. 4 hours on the back of a moped with our backpacks hazardly strapped on whizzing through tiny villages where everyone waves at you like they never saw a foreigner before. We managed to break down twice but it just added ...