Maison Souvannaphoum

... what I mean. We went to L'Elephant for a French meal. It all seemed a bit cosmopolital after the quiet of our hotel Maison Souvannapoum ($160 a night and stunning). A great meal except I got food poisoning and had to do the 100m dash for the ...

... many older houses, villas and mansions have been turned into guest houses and hotels. The gorgeous hotel we stayed at, Maison de Souvannaphoum, was the former residence of Laos Prince Souvannaphoum, although the wing we stayed in was newly built.  ...

One good thing about Luang Prabang - well certainly at this time of year - is that the mosquitoes seem to be generally much less aggressive, or else they are not yet immune to the Eau de Deet I keep traeting myself to liberal doses of. All ...

Greetings from Luang Prabang, "the most beautiful town in all of South East Asia". It's just over an hour's flight from Siem Reap but it is so different from the crazy, buzzing little city we have left behind. And as it is now Monday morning I can't help ...

13th to 16th August 2007 Got picked up from Chiang Mai hotel at 10am on the Monday morning and made a few more stops before we headed up to Chiang Khong (the border town with Laos). Half way along the journey a couple had to get off the minibus and ...

Another lousy night’s sleep (for me at least) - this is getting to be a habit! And another early morning wake up call for the second leg of the Mekong cruise. Yet more amazing jungle, villages, fishermen and fishing poles/nets. This time the river ...