Luang Prabang Ranches - Reviews and Rates

Ex- imperial city, Luang Praband has a reach history having been in the hands of the Thai, the Khmer, the French... When France annexed Laos, the French recognized Luang Prabang as the royal residence of Laos. When Laos achieved independence, the king of Luang Prabang, became the head of state for the Kingdom of Laos.

Called "the thousand...

Woke with a bad head, Mark had already left cos he wanted to see the monks. I had scrabbled eggs opposite the guest house and saw Mark around 10.30. He had sorted a trip to a waterfall for those who wanted to go at midday. So myself , Mark Leila and Julie and Janfredo a great Italian guy all hopped on a sawngthaew to the Tat Kuang Si waterfall w...

An interesting thing about Laos is that every house you go into, you have to take off your shoes at the entrance. This is the same for guesthouses and internet cafes too. Laos is still a communist country. It is very laid back and life here is slow. You won't find a McDonald's or Starbucks anywhere. It is sparsely populated and the only signs of...

16th June 2008: Luang Prabang - Memorable visit to a local village It is still our first day at LP but we have decided to start a new entry on this visit to a local village, given the great impact it has on us. This visit was made possible by Khoun, the owner of K&K. We explained to him that we did not wish to intrude into the personal lives...

Luang Prabang Let me just start with the two days boat trip down the river. First off, it was nice to see the people living by the side of the river and the lil hills all the way thru mekong river. Mekong river is the longest river. Its what separates Thailand from Laos. Second of all, seeing the speedboat going pass us all the time making us re...

Vientiane is a lovely place and I met all sorts of friendly people who made me feel very welcomed in the city... but somehow, it didn't speak to me. Once I had decided not to pursue getting the Russian visa, I decided to cut short what was suppose to be a 10-day stay in the capital to hightail it back to Luang Prabang to absorb more of its magic...

What seemed like a simple trek from Sapa to the border crossing between Vietnam and Lao and then on to Luang Prabang turned into somewhat of a challenge. We didnt originally want to take the overnight train back to Hanoi (again) so looked into renting a private bus to a border that is not too known on the tourist trail. This was achieved and we ...

Unfortunately we had to catch a mini bus the next morning - unfortunate because we later found out that there is quite a lot to do around the area that we didn't manage to get to, oh well maybe next time. We got to the bus station and thought that we were going to have a comfortable ride up the country. Started out with four of us in the bus and...

Luang Prabang is a beautiful old town in a stunning location, protected by Unesco to keep it that way, but it is a different place to last time I was here. It has a new (ish) air strip which means that access is much easier than in the past, which leads to an increase in guesthouses, spa/boutique hotels, tuktuk drivers, hawkers, beggars, tourist...

Deciding at the last minute to go all the way to Luang Prabang by boat was not the economical option (3 times more expensive than the bus) but it proved to be a dying form of transport with the improvements in the roads in Laos and we were interested to give it a go. We knew what it meant though - most of the day sitting on an uncomfortable boat...