"Slow boat on Mekong River: After finishing the Hill-Tribe Trek in Northern Thailand, myself and an American girl, Erin, from the trek group decided to travel through Laos ..."
"We end our break in Chiang Mai. Erin has picked up a fever, which has been fluctuating for the past week and a half. Three trips to the malaria clinic have all returned with negati ..."
"It's amazing how good you get at doing nothing with three days of it. Day one we got some OK seats even though they were just wooden benches and settled into 10 hours of float ..."
"It's a longer ride today (9 hours) and judging by the looks on some peoples faces, there will definitely be less drinking. Justin and I head to the river early to grab some cushion ..."
"Got up the next day, & went & got another slow boat. Thankfully John was feeling better & we met a nice OZ couple Andy & Kelly. We sat around & compared nightmare stories from the ..."
"20 NOV - Mekong River Trip, Laos Got up early, boarded a boat at 7am for a 9-hour journey up the Mekong River. Constant views of the jungle mountains. Farmers planted lettuce & oth ..."
"It says a lot about a country that you have to take a two day boat journey in order to get from one of its most popular border crossings to get to its second biggest city. We took ..."
Mekong River, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
