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Nothing Much in Nong Khiaw
Dec 27, 2007
(11 photos)
"We decided to take a short trip north of Luang Prabang to the sleepy town of Nong Khiaw. We decided to take another mini-van thinking it would be better than the bus, paid th ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
sfrtw
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Day 59
Nov 12, 2006
(3 photos)
"This morning I decided to go with Bjorn and Susan so that I could enjoy a five hour boat ride from Nong Khiaw to Louang Prabang. This trip is mentioned in Lonely Planet guide as on ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
poolman99
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The wheels on the bus...
Apr 11, 2006
"Back on the road again, and boy, what a road! I'll never complain about the two hour drive from DC to Cville ever again! From Vang Vieng back to Vientiane (4 hours), Vientiane to P ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
bootsmade4wlkin
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Four years ago today..
Sep 9, 2008
(42 photos)
"Four years ago today holds a bit of significance. It's the day I took my first steps on this unplanned random path. The day I finally left England. So much has happened in that tim ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
scottwoz
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Relaxation and Planning
May 9, 2004
"From Mouang Khoua I made a beautiful full day boat trip down the River Ou to Nong Khiaw. The scenery on the boat trip and at Nong Khiaw was of limestone karst rising dramatically 1 ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
beats
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Limestone heaven in the northeast
Jun 29, 2004
(24 photos)
"Another couple of interesting public busses (including a Hmong women setting a couple of canvas bags on my feet--and they MOVED--oh SHIT--SNAKES, SNAKES, SNAKES!! My brain could on ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
mimmik
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Up the river Nam Ou
Jun 27, 2006
(8 photos)
"Laos, WOW what a lovely country, as you can see from the photos it is beautiful. we have a great time. We are leaving tomorrow, it is sad to go, but we are leaving for Thailand wer ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
roelandlucy

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Nhog Khiaw
Dec 3, 2005
(21 photos)
"So we did end up heading South to this tiny village on the river called Muang Ngoi Neua. It was one of the most scenic villages yet. They dont even have power and all the kids run ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
whereskelly

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Nong Khiaw
May 3, 2006
(15 photos)
"We awoke in Udomxai the next morning and after some breakfast and making a trip to the bank to get some cash (no ATM's in Laos!), we were off to the bus station to get tickets to o ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
glenn_christie

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Lucky group travelling
Feb 18, 2006
(1 photo)
"Our whole group from the hike was heading south, Michael (Germany) to Vientiane and us, Marco (Holland), Pierre, Patrick & Rosie (Canada) towards Udom Xai and Nong Khiaw. As normal ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
rinnan

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Man bites dog
Apr 4, 2005
"After a rather drawn out bus journey where the passenger carriage limits defied the laws of Tetris, sitting on fold down chairs that were so wonky I was almost biting the shoulder ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
missg

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A couple of days holiday
Oct 9, 2005
(10 photos)
"Got the bus to Nong Khiaw. Helen the Irish girl we met on the Bangkok to Laos bus was on the bus as well with her friend Mia. The bus was early it only took 3 1/2 hours instead of ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
wyattmoy

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Hitting the Rugged North
Jun 6, 2005
(7 photos)
"From Sam Neua, I headed west through northern Lao. The highlights in this part of the country aren't always the destinations but many times, the journeys themselves. The roads here ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
canucktravel

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On that boat?!
Nov 30, 2005
(4 photos)
"I had heard that the boat ride from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw was the best journey in the country so I decided to give it a try. After buying the ticket I had the first view of t ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
gypsymichelle

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Nong Khiaw
Apr 5, 2007
(10 photos)
"jetzt aber... von 8 - 10 am abend gar keinen strom . die ganze stadt war einfach dunkel :) bei kerzenschein abendessen hat aber auch was... ... the lao way of living ... langsam, g ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
santeria

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Down the Nam Ou to Luang Pra Bang
Mar 27, 2008
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"Time forces my departure from Nong Khiaw this beautiful and serene place. In the morning I set out 4 foreigners and 3 villagers by boat down river to Luang Pra Bang. The river wand ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
carlstancil

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Every man should have a boat...
Mar 13, 2008
"After an arduous but beautiful journey we arrived in Nong Kio and settled into some bamboo huts over looking the river. Nong Kio is quite touristy but is also the main market ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
simonmain1

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Break for the border!
Nov 19, 2005
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"This is definitely one of the highlights of our trip so far. We had heard that the locals run little boats everyday to Nong Khiaw with supplies of food so we asked could we hitch a ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
maireadandconor

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but different
Apr 5, 2007
(4 photos)
"also located on nam ou river, nong khiaw has more to offer than muang ngoi. streets, bridge, cars, internet over modem, french wine, brownies, mushroom cream soup ;) spring roll ma ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
misterfrancis

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Day 13 - Luang Namtha to Nong Khiaw
Sep 15, 2007
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"Today was supposed to be an easy day. Up early to catch the 08:30 bus from the local bus station to Udom Xiay, then take a tuk tuk to Nong Khiaw. Hmmmmmm..... It didn't quite turn ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
al_fey

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One night in Nong Khiaw
Mar 22, 2005
(13 photos)
"Hi Guys, Welcome to Laos, a whole new experience, and completely different to Thailand. Laos is not what we expected - something 3rd world rural-rough and still untouched. The road ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
brendonvdh

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Nong Khiaw
Apr 28, 2005
"I caught the morning bus to Nong Khiaw. I actually opted to catch a bus to Udomsai, a 3 hours bus trip from Luang Nam Tha, and then caught a tuk tuk a further 2.5 hours to Nong Khi ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
aaron

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Don't believe the Planet!
May 11, 2007
"Right, this one's going to be a bit of a rant. No apologies. The Lonely Planet. As much as I use them, they really, really annoy me. Most people that travel using these b ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
mrconfused

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Beautiful Nong Khiaw
Jan 25, 2007
(6 photos)
"Nong Khiaw 24/01/2007 - 25/01/2007 On our busride to Oudomxai, we met an Aussie girl named Katie that was approximately our age and had moved to Louang Namtha six months earlier as ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
richandhel

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Lunag Namtha to Luang Prabang, Laos
Jul 25, 2008
(113 photos)
"We took the bus on Thursday morning from Luang Namtha to Pak Beng. There were 13 of us making the trip and we were all sitting on the bus (a 52 seater) waiting to go at 9:30am when ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
staffyandlyddy

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Lost in Northern Laos
Mar 16, 2007
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"So stepping back in time from Thailand to Laos, well at least stepping back from major commercial tourism anyway. I headed up North on the dodgy bus, where the condustor kid kept o ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
sealy_dave

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Land of the Million Elephants
Mar 11, 2006
(5 photos)
"After a 2 hr pit-stop at the (non)Natural Reserve that has butterflies, boas, tribal dances, caged monkeys, birds and chained show elephants, I continued down the dusty, rocky road ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
millarmotortour

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You call this a bus service?
Jul 2, 2007
"Our scheduled bus out of Luang Prabang's northern bus station turned out to be a songthaew, which is basically a small truck with a covered back (if you're lucky) with two benches ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
dconlisk

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Northern Laos
Dec 18, 2004
"Booked a bus ride to take me further up north to Nong Khiaw, well if you can call it a bus, it was rather a make shift truck with seats either side and a plank suspended in the mid ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
clrglobaltrek

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To the North!
Jun 13, 2005
(7 photos)
"OK. I'm back on a computer and willing to focus for at least an hour to get this blog up to date. We decided to take a slow boat trip from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw - the views p ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
jo-jo

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Nong Khiaw
Nov 18, 2006
(5 photos)
"Got a ride out to the bus station, still hungover but not nearly as bad as the day before and caught a Truck up to Nong Khiaw. Fun times, the truck was packed and id been out drink ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
benwhit

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laos - nong khiaw , the best journey ever
Mar 11, 2005
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"Got dropped off somewhere on the road to Louang Namtha. A bus came along, jam packed with locals who were not happy we got on. They covered their faces & made out that we smelt ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong khiaw by
madge

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LAOS (NORTH)
Dec 24, 2007
(26 photos)
"FELIZ NAVIDAD!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! FROHE WEIHNACHTEN!!! Hemos dejado Pai (todavia Tailandia) y vamos a tomar un barco por el rio hacia Chiang Rai, ya casi en la frontera con Laos. ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
pablorodrigo

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On the Nam Ou river
May 2, 2008
"I: Nong Khiaw is a small touristic town ( in Lao measures :) where we stayed only for two nights. The view over the Nam Ou river is excellent, but otherwise than that there's not t ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
ipalo

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Finally made it
Dec 3, 2006
"This was a much better "bus" ride. On the back of a pick up. It was so much faster than the day before. The village is nestled in a huge mountainous area along the Nam Ou river. Th ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
bryannie

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Nong Khiaw
Jul 8, 2007
"A small town in one of the most beautiful landscapes I have ever seen! ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
ruudbatta

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That's Laos For Ya
Mar 13, 2008
(5 photos)
"My journey today would take me to Nong Khiaw another small town situated on the Nam Ou river in the centre north of Laos. It would take the better part of the day. I ar ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
superg

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Nong Khiaw
May 15, 2007
"NONG KHIAW A very chilled out place with not a lot happening but the mountains are right there. There are some cool caves to see where people lived by the thousands during th ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
mrs75

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Book Party Success
Nov 4, 2008
"Election Day is about to start for you all back in the U.S.... I hope it goes well and it is interesting how far away from it all I feel. I have seen Obama on TVs here ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
zotterk

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Nong Khiaw
Oct 29, 2007
(10 photos)
"Dia 29/10 - Cheguei cedo à estação de camionagem do norte, de onde partem as camionetas e furgonetas para Nong Khiaw. A estação é animada com diversas lojas onde se pode comprar um ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
avieira1965

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Nong Khiaw
Sep 5, 2006
" Muang Ngoi So another 2 hours up river, This time to a town that isn't acesable by road, river only to Muang Ngoi. When I got here it immediatly struck me, why would you ever leav ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
conorsheedy

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Nong Khiaw - Day 10
Oct 22, 2008
"Nong Khiaw - Day 10 Took the boat further down river this morning to the town of Nong Khiaw, and found a cheap place to stay. A few people that I had played cards with last n ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
wejansen

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Nong Khiaw
Jan 4, 2008
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"After 1 hour boat ride and a little walking, we arrived at Nong Khiaw. Stayed for 1 night and went to see the caves before getting the bus in the morning to Luang Prabang. ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
mpiftex

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Oudomxay on to Nong Khiaw
Nov 27, 2008
(5 photos)
"We left Luang Nam Tha early as the bus journey to Nong Khiaw was going to take about 7 or 8 hours. There was no direct bus and so we had to change at Oudomxay, a town about half wa ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
benbeckie

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Riding with the locals
Jun 21, 2005
"Once back from the trek, there really wasn't much reason to hang around in Luang Nam Tha and Meg, An, Kat and I all parted ways at the bus station next morning. Meg and An were set ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
catherinekeeler

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Nong Khiaw,Laos
Sep 27, 2006
"I decide to go to Nong Khiaw, a small town north of Luang Prabang. At the bus station, I buy a ticket and wait. A while later, a man approaches me and says "Nong Khiaw?" I say yes ..."
A travel blog entry from Nong Khiaw by
bui

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