Luang Prabang Boutique Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Today we finally arrived in Luang Prabang, Laos, after some delays with the airlines that made us end up having to stay the night in Vientiane last night; however, it turned out to be a nice little city and was glad to be able to swing through. Once in Luang Prabang, we were greeted by our tour guide and brought to the hotel -- I am used to more...

We took the slow bus from Vang Vieng as this allowed us decent seats right near the driver. This turned out to be essential for travel sickness purposes as it was winding twisting mountain roads for seven hours. The upside being some of the most breath taking views across the Laos scenery. Hundreds of banana trees line the roads and spread acros...

HE SAID: Well, we ended up spending 13 days in Luang Prabang. Not our plan but not a bad place to be. Excellent, inexpensive food in quaint restaurants and the cheapest in all of Asia, a $4 one hour full body massages makes this a good place to spend so much time. The reason we ended up here for so long is that our one day visa to China was prom...

HE SAID: We met up with Matthew and Sarah for a game of Petanque(?). This is also known as boules or bocci ball. It involves a large rectangular court filled with sand or in Laos... dirt. Each person would have to very heavy metal balls about the size of an orange. A small ping-pong sized ball is thrown first and then the players try to get thei...

Hello everyone - it's Jess reporting this time, flying solo for a little while because unfortunately Max came down with a cold and is resting in the hotel. Yesterday we had our final delicious breakfast at our Bangkok hotel and then went to the airport for our flight to Luang Prabang, Laos on Bangkok Airways. It was a small prop plane, but a smo...

Well it was bound to happen after nearly 5 months of travel. Last night, during the night while I was sleeping, a thief (thieves) entered my Guesthouse room through patio doors which I KNEW were flimsy and stole 2 of my small backpacks and a fanny pack, leaving one of the backpacks in the alley, along with 2 of my 3 CDs of pictures. Stolen was a...

So...for a number of reasons, it was time for me to venture on from Thailand. I met a wonderful woman named Mari at the Unicorn, she had been at Rainbow and then came to Pai a couple weeks later. She and I decided to journey to Laos together, a very exciting decision indeed. We all had a blast those last few days at the Unicorn, P'O threw a bunc...

Luang Prabang is more of a town than a city. It feels like a little European village. In the city center there aren't many cars on the streets, there are cafes everywhere, the weather is mild, and it's a good place to stroll around and investigate every side road and alleyway. It's also a city where you make sure you don't miss the sunset. We st...

After our long long boat ride to Luang Prabang it was time to find a guesthouse. We had a recommendation for a place called Cold River from the owners of the place we stayed in in Chang Mai and it turned out to be great. Elliot and one of the girls jumped in a taxi (by that I mean a weird vanbikethingy) and managed to get the last rooms. The own...

My next stop in Laos was Luang Prabang. My guide book mentions that the boat trip between Nong Khiaw/Muang Ngoi Neua is one of the most spectacular river trips in Laos (approx 7 hours), so I had planned plan to catch the boat to Luang Prabang. However, after a few enquires I discovered that to get to Luang Prabang by boat involves chartering a w...