Thatsaphone Guest House

... across the river bank which made us laugh. We finally made it to Luang Prabang at about 5pm last night. Checked into Thatsaphone guest house, clean room with a private bathroom (which bizarrely didn't have a sink - just a toilet, shower and bucket!)for ...

After staying a few days in Chiang Mai and Pai in northern Thailand, I left on Feb 19th for a 3day/2night trip by slowboat to Luang Prabang, Laos.  From CM, a minivan drove me and 11 other passengers 6hours east to the border town of Chiang Kong, ...

It is a Lovely life in Luang Prabang, or is it? :) I (Sonia) wonder as I walk the (rather) clean streets of town what aspect of this place is real and what part isn't.  It is a city on the verge of major change, but as a first time visitor one ...

The slowboat journey was pretty much as expected- stunning views of totally unspoilt tropical jungle with virtually no sign of habitation beyond a solitary stilt hut balanced precariously on the side of a hill, or a lone fisherman casting his net in ...