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Meandering down the Mekong
Sep 3, 2006
(10 photos)
"After a buffet breakfast at which I spent most of my time reacquainting myself with what a toaster looks like we left to take a small canoe like boat with a huge car engine stuck o ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
alasdairm
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Slow Boat to .....
Mar 20, 2006
(3 photos)
"Cement firmly in place we got a tuk tuk to the public ferry landing in LP and bought our ticket to Pakbeng (half way between LP and Huay Xai). The ferry seats about 50 people on ve ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
emanddave
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Mekong River
Dec 30, 2004
(14 photos)
"Hello everybody, I left Thailand for a three-day trip to Laos. Originally, the plan was to fly. But I heard about a route that goes over land and water and offers more sights. The ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
eric
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Is that Lao with an S?
Feb 19, 2007
(17 photos)
"We spent one night in Chiang Khong, after driving half through the night. I can tell you with some confidence that Chiang Khong is a long way from anywhere, especially when you fin ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
batchelomez
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Crusing Down The Mekong River
Mar 9, 2007
(2 photos)
"Left Chiang Khong and flashed our visas to cross over to the Thai/Laos border when we changed our Baht into Kip. We then boarded a river boat and embarked on our two day cruise dow ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
suelillis
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Hey want some hash
Mar 16, 2007
(5 photos)
"After breakfast we headed down to the departure point for the slow boat and at 9:30am bagged a couple of bench seats. We passed time chatting with Nina, a Swedish girl who ha ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
markandrebecca
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Mekong
Oct 29, 2007
(9 photos)
"Desde Houay Xuay (frontera con Tailandia) hasta Luang Prabang (ex capital de Laos) por el salvaje Mekong. El Mekong uno de los dieciseis rios mas grandes del mundo abarac ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
l-lightning
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The wild west
Jun 21, 2006
(5 photos)
"The first day on the river was spent in awe the scenery is incredible and so lush but the deforestation is incredible it seems as though the farmers set a camp on a hillside then s ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
beachbum
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Day one on the Mekong river
Jan 15, 2008
(7 photos)
"Today we started our slow boat trip along the Mekong. The day started with the administrative task of getting out of Thailand and into Laos at HuayXai accross the river, organising ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
barryandemma
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Two days on the Mighty Mekong
Jan 17, 2007
(13 photos)
"Our 12 hour bus ride through the night proves to be standard issue and at 7am we arrive in Chiang Kong, on the Thai - Laos border. Bit of a sleepy place but the market was in full ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
rowananddave
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Being Ripped Off In The Dive That Is Pak Beng
Sep 30, 2006
(11 photos)
"Our first two days were spent on a slow boat making it's way down the Mekong River, with an over-night stop in a place called Pak Beng. The boat in total took around 15 hours and w ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
dmp3380
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Trip To Laos Day 2
Sep 14, 2007
(11 photos)
"We got a longboat across the narrow border crossing point into Laos. This was fun and with 20kg bags on your back it really wasn't the easiest thing to walk along a narrow boat and ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
carlosb1978
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Down the Mekong
Apr 19, 2007
(9 photos)
"Since leaving Songkran festival in Thailand, out mini bus repeatedly got pummeled by kids with buckets of water in the festive spirit. Only once did one make it into an open window ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
sorenwhite
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Running out of beer on the Mekong River
Feb 2, 2008
(3 photos)
"Running out of beer on the Mekong River The thought of taking a 2 day cruise down the Mekong river in Laos conjures up romantic images drifting past rice fields, waving at the kids ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
bradmccartney
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Pak Beng
Jun 24, 2007
(12 photos)
"From Huay Xai I took a slow boat down the Mekong River and into the beautifully lush jungles of Laos toward Luangprabang. It would be a two day journey so we stopped in a ver ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
mannchild...
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Laos
Oct 24, 2008
(11 photos)
"Raining, so no breakfast on the terrace. Minibus ride 1km to departure point for ferries across the Mekong to Laos. We clamber down the mudbank onto a longtail. Fair degree of chao ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
travelburnett
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Mekong
Dec 1, 2008
(15 photos)
"Koncno sva zapustila nemirno Tajsko in sicer sva na njenem severu v mestu Chiang Khong prestopila mejo z Laosom. Zaradi prej omenjenih nestabilnih razmer na Tajskem sva se odlocila ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
tinateodor
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Down Mekong
Feb 11, 2006
(5 photos)
"On Saturday morning we got on a slow boat heading towards Luang Prabang. The boat was long narrow wooden boat with a roof and tiny hard benches (possible to fit two slim lao person ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
rinnan
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Pak Beng
Nov 16, 2006
(5 photos)
"November 16, 2006 Thursday A beautiful cool morning set for a 6.5hr slow boat ride to Pak Beng. Still a lot of smoke in the air from the burning of trees and a little fog in the co ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
jacinta81
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Pak Beng
Dec 7, 2005
"Only stayed for 1 night on a stop over from the boarder to Luang Probang as it takes 12 hours so to break to down we 6 hours over 2 days. By the time we got here we were so nakerd ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
noosh20
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Man overboard! Well not quite.......
Dec 23, 2006
(3 photos)
"We've just arrived in a stunning, unspoilt country and have been welcomed with open arms. What can we say about the Laotian people? Really genuinely lovely people. There ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
lesandsteve
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Pak Beng - the wild west of Laos...
Mar 11, 2006
(4 photos)
"Half way through the two day slow boat down the mekong and we stop for the night at Pak Beng. The river is beautiful, forest covered mountains either side the whole way and 'rapid' ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
horns
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Slow boat down the Mekong
Feb 19, 2007
"The boat takes about 7 hours to get to Pak Beng, where everyone gets out and stays the night. It was OK, with a little market and a few restaurants, but not really worth staying lo ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
kirtley
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Day 1 of the Boat Ride
Jan 11, 2007
(13 photos)
"The slow boat trip takes two days to reach Luang Prabang, and stops for the night at a village along the way called Pak Beng. We were told that the boat left at 11 A.M., and ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
linzstoker
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Take Me To The River
Dec 5, 2007
"On our private slow boat, we headed down the Mighty Mekong River towards Luang Prubang. I don't have words to describe the next two days poignantly enough. They changed ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
coigreach
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Halfway house.
Mar 5, 2008
(11 photos)
"Finally off the boat! It made it all the funnier as some guy slipped off the gangplank and fell in! There were the usual hawkers selling their guesthouses but we met th ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
conlou
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Voy cruzando el rio...
Dec 3, 2007
"Habia tres opciones para cruzar la frontera y llegar al norte de Tailandia: - Volando, pero es caro y te pierdes toda la accion. - En coche, pero pasas un dia entero en la furgonet ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
warm
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Ridiculous ride
Feb 17, 2008
(17 photos)
"This little adventure turned out to be so much more than we bargained for. We paid for tickets to travel from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang, Laos. When I say travel, I mean like gettin ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
joelandes
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Pak Beng... LAOS!!!
Mar 9, 2007
(10 photos)
"Hello.... Its Dan updating you today as tash is having a 3 hour massage!!!! Well we are now in Laos and i think its beautiful.... We arrived in Pak Beng at 5:30pm al ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
cantsitstill
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Floating Down the Mekong
Dec 29, 2006
(19 photos)
"Sabaidee!!! On Wednesday (12/27), we left Chiang Mai at 10:30am on a mini-bus, which would take us to Chiang Khong - the Thai border town into Laos. After 6 hour ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
vannhansen
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Drunken Laos
Sep 27, 2007
(14 photos)
"Crossing the border was very relaxed. We 'checked out' of Thailand and then bordered a little longboat taxi across the Mekong to the Lao border. Here it was no fuss to get a visa a ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
mattandnicole
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Bateau et camping
Mar 2, 2007
(4 photos)
"9 h de bateau sur le Mekong pour Pak Beng de Luang Prabang ou j avais recupere mon passeport. Decor magnifique lors de ce trajet ou lon peut voir les habitants des villages de pech ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
nycos
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Day 64: Huay Xai boat to Pak Beng, Laos
Nov 24, 2006
(4 photos)
"Chiang Khong guesthouses trade in packed lunches and pillows for the popular and notoriously uncomfortable slow boat to Luang Prabang. It's a two day sail, stopping off midway in n ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
williampotter
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Slow Boat To Thailand
Dec 13, 2004
(9 photos)
"Day 44 13/12/04 Monday Luang Prabang - Pak Beng Ok - our first travel day to get us back into Thailand. We got up early so that Gillian could see the monks getting alms then headed ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
skcoll
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The dream team go upstream
Mar 30, 2007
(3 photos)
"Of all the meals we thought we'd be eating on our penultimate night in Laos, a classic Indian curry wasn't one of them. However, there's no street-lighting in Pak Beng and it ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
timreis
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Taking a break in Pak Beng
Feb 21, 2007
(5 photos)
"Anita and John next endure a 6-8 hour uncomfortable ride down the Mekong River in a slow boat. The final destination is Luang Prabang, but the boat makes an overnight stop in ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
john_anita
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Cruising the Mekong
Nov 10, 2006
(4 photos)
"I arrived at the border after a long minibus ride from Chiang Mai. Most choose to buy a package including all transportation, accomodation and some meals for the long journey to Lu ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
sabarod
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Laos
Mar 19, 2007
(8 photos)
"Crossing the boarder takes 2 minutes but entering Communist Laos you realise that it's different to Thailand in so many ways. Changing money made me a millionaire, but buying a bag ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
ziggygold
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Pak Beng....the middle of nowhere
Mar 1, 2007
(7 photos)
"After 6 pretty painful and uncomfortable hours on a boat filled with backpackers, most of whom were getting sauced on Beer Lao, I am happy to be in Pak Beng, a tiny one-street, one ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
jknoff22
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Laos - Pak Beng
Sep 1, 2007
(9 photos)
" Saturday the 1st of Sept I was up at 8:30am to check out and catch the bus at 9:30am to bring me to the place where I get the slow boat. We were there very early, since ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
ger1
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River Stop
Apr 19, 2007
"Pak Beng is the site of our stopover for the night during our river cruise up the Mekong. I seriously thought that the ride would never end. This boat chugged up this river for 9 h ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
bandersnatch07
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Slow Boat to Laos
Feb 27, 2006
(6 photos)
"Over river into Laos - 17000 kip to the pound! Slow boat - gorgeous scenery through the mountains but very hard church pew style seats. Boat was rammed but everyone very friendly. ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
peteandjayne
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The worst journey ever
Dec 28, 2005
(13 photos)
"The next morning picked up the breakfast, and packed lunch of baguette, and passport with visa inside (all included in travel as well as accomodation), and got a pick up down to th ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
shilts
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Rat beng
Jan 2, 2006
(5 photos)
"Ballade en slow boat sur le mekong, magnifique... Nous voici entres dans la cite des rats nommee Pak Beng ; petit village qui ne vit que de cette traversée, donc village quelque pe ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak beng by
pvdyck
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Pak Beng
Dec 21, 2005
(5 photos)
"After getting up early and having our complimentary breakfast by the Mekong we took a short boat trip (10 mins) to the other side and to Laos. Here we got our passports stamped and ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
stubo
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The Mighty Mekhong
Feb 4, 2007
(5 photos)
"We left Chiang Mai on a crowded minibus for the 5 hour journey to Chiang Kohong on the border between Laos and Thailand. En route we drove through jungle and over the bumpiest road ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
dell_abbs
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Stopover
Nov 1, 2006
"Once again, nothing much to put into this entry, as it's just a stopover put in to keep the map true-to-life. Bar a sleazy opium-dealer, a huge gecko, and the most delicious pancak ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
sundowner
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Mekong journey
Apr 20, 2008
"We spent two days on a slow boat down the Mekong. it was a very relaxing experience and the boat was actually very comfortable. it was a much better way to travel than by bus! ther ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
jkrukewich
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l'incontro con il Mekong
Dec 26, 2006
(5 photos)
"solo un breve aggiornamento fatto con un giorno di ritardo per aggiungere il puntino sulla mappa.. passato uno splendido Natale con i bambini dell'orfanotrofio (che devo dire, nono ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak beng by
cavallette
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Slow Boat up the Mekong
Feb 7, 2007
(9 photos)
"Apart from being hassled by a banana lady, this was a very cool way to enter Laos Relaxing on the mattresses all way, watching the world go by. ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak beng by
liamail
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Curse the Nam Tha and the boatman's wife
Sep 13, 2006
"Dear Reader, Rather than take a bus trip that lasted one day from Louang Namtha to Luang Prabang, Nick, Jody and I decided to take a four day river trip to get there. I should have ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
gaijin
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Village Stopover
Jan 22, 2006
"We stop over in a small one road village called Pak Beng. It`s along the banks of the Mekong and is lined up the hill with a few guesthouses which double up as restaurants, local f ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
pjandshayu
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Two day boat ride up the Mekong
Jan 30, 2008
(6 photos)
"We took the two-day slow boat along the Mekong River from Luang Prabang to Huay Xai. We looked around town and found that there were few options; by speedboat which is dangerous, n ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
ziniandlulu
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Mekong Cruise to Luang Prabang.
Aug 7, 2007
(10 photos)
"After our exhausting hike back after the Gibbon Experience, we took it easy for the next couple of days by taking a Luxury Cruise down the Mekong towards Luang Prabang. We met up w ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
carolynvarga
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The Slow Boat and Pak Beng
Jun 26, 2008
"The slow boat we have been told is something you either love or hate, I'm still not sure where either of us stands on this issue. We needed to get from Luang Prabang you can ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
bck
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All westeners in the boat
Jun 14, 2007
"We take the low boat from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang, it takes two days along the Mekong river, and have a rest at Pak Beng. The boat passengers are almost all westeners, seems all ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
liuping
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Day 12
Feb 16, 2008
"Slow boat stops in Pak Beng for the night, after a 6hr journey. Wasn't unpleasant, drank beer and chatted to fellow travellers... ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
andrew.minter
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The journey that took 3 days!!!
Feb 23, 2008
(21 photos)
"I was quite sad to leave Chiang Mai but the markets are all too tempting and Laos was calling! Unfortunately there's no quick route to Laos so we had to take a bus up to Chia ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
delyth_m
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Day 12 - Slow Boat - Sore Arse
Jun 21, 2006
(8 photos)
"Today was day one of two on the slow boat down the Mekong River. We successfully made it across the border and through passport control. First call of duty was to exchange to some ..."
A travel blog entry from Pak Beng by
samer
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