The Boat Landing Guest House
Travel Blogs from Luang Namtha
Paradise Found...and Lost
The two hour bus ride to Lam Namtha, was not so bad, not such a bumpy ride this time, they must have had good suspension. Josep had been talking about meeting me in Chang Mai, but he told me he had been thinking about it and he thinks now he won't. That's a bit sad. So now looks like I'll go back to Luang Prabong on Monday and catch a plane on …
Trekking in the Nam Ha Forest
Once you splurge it's hard to stop. So once again we find ourselves at a flashpacker establishment in Luang Namtha - The Boat Landing (http://www.theboatlanding.com/). We highly recommend this place for anyone wishing to treat themselves. It's located about 7 kilometers outside of Luang Namtha with a great location on the river. Luang Namtha is the …
From Frazzled to Peaceful
We had to get up early (7 am) to buy bus tickets and cross the border. Bill walked through Chiang Khong to an ATM to get some money for the bus ticket that we were able to purchase at the Boom Guest House for 1100 bhat. We had breakfast with the people from last night's van, plus a few others. We all hopped into a truck at 8 am and were given a …
Getting organized
We were able to select breakfast from a long list. Bill chose the French toast and it was very good - made with baguettes. I had fried eggs with Colorado hash - potatoes, onions and pepper. It was really good too. I think we are going to like the food in Laos. We had another banana shake and some tea. We took a truck/tuk tuk into town for 20,000 …
Jungle Trek
A thunder storm rolled through last night. We thought our trek would be canceled, but the rain stopped around 7 am. Bill had the fried eggs and Colorado hash today (he had breakfast envy). I had rice crispies with sesame, peanuts and bananas. I was given a very small amount of condensed milk. I like that they bring us a pot of tea! We had to walk …