Luang Prabang Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Flight to Luang Prabang, Laos Airlines, prob one of the worst rated airlines in the world... propeller plane one isle, two seats either side. Smallest plane i have been on. 1 hour flight from Chiang Mai and I think the scariest! Lets just say we hit more than one storm as we travelled over the mountains, hit a air-pocket and nosedived at least a...

Although not cheap we ended up flying to Louang Phabang in northern Laos from Siem Reap in Cambodia. Our only other option was to go across to Bangkok then up to Laos which would of been time consuming and we may have had to get a flight anyway. The flight from Siem Reap to Louang Phabang on the 16th was pretty uneventful except that Rachel had ...

I got picked up from the guesthouse in Chiang Mai early morning for the long minibus trip north to Chiang Khong on the border of Thailand and Laos. I was pretty excited about heading into Laos as I had heard good things. I had to get through three days of travelling first though! I met some good dudes on the minibus to the border and we stayed i...

Once again back in Luang Prabang with an even greater appreciation of the vast contrast it provides with the rest of Laos. The country is rapidly moving towards a massive divide between the urban middle class and the rural peasantry. Perhaps for once the tourist/traveller is in the best position to see this because there seems to be very little ...

Sapai dii! Kutsun teidat kaikki Laosiin, tama on aivan mahtava maa! Vain yksi yo takana ja olen jo rakastunut tahan maahan. Kuinka leppoisa tama Luang Prabangin kaupunki voikaan olla. Vain muutamia moottoripyoria, autoja ja tuk-tukeja (eraanlaisia pienia lava-autoja jotka kuljettavat ihmisia lavalla) ja kellaan ei tunnu olevan kiire mihinkaan. E...

The Lao new year celebration has come and gone for the most part. As it turned out, Luang Prabang was a great place to bring in the year 2551. I partnered up with a Russian girl and a French Swiss girl. We had a rough time finding a room and as we were heading out a bit farther from the town's center to find a place, I saw all these sandals outs...

The trip back to Luang Prabang was nice (and uneventful) enough. It seemed the group were breaking up. I was off to Vientiane to try and get to Vietnam (a geographically questionable route, but about the only one available. Andrea and Katie were last seen on a Tsongtau heading off into the wilds of Northern Laos and Sandra and Kirsten are taking...

Today we got up early (5.30) and walked into Prakbeng to the morning market. This was not your normal tourist tack market but the place locals came to by fruit & vegetables, general groceries, and "meat" which amounted to a few lumps of something unrecognisable. There were also many food stalls selling everything from noodle soup to fried fi...

Since most people are probably unfamiliar with Laos and its history, I'll give a little background. It's important for understanding a great deal of what we'll see and write about. Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. And like Bolivia in South America, it's poor. International aid accounts for 40 to 50 percent of its annual inc...

After a night in Chiang Khong, we take a boat from the nearby quay, over the other side of the Mekong and say 'Hello Laos'. On first inspection Laos doesn't seem that different to Thailand, they drive on the other side of the road, but apart from that there is little else. Our next 2 days will be aboard a longboat, that will take us (painfully s...