This includes bus ride to Chiang Khong, overnight stay/dinner & breakfast and a very tiny lunch on the slow boat the first day.
It's recommended you have more food, water and toilet paper with you on the boat as food and drinks are overpriced. It's a long but enjoyable ride but not everyone with a ticket gets a seat!
We did hear that if one complains they will be forced to use another ferry though...
Watch the video if you plan doing this trip. Last part is our guide on the Laos side of the border and he's the first person who didn't bullshit us :)
Night 1 - Chiang Kong
The first house at Chiang Kong tried to charge us 30USD to check us out at immigration but left us under the impression this was for our visas in Laos.
Had we paid her, we'd have to pay another 30USD at immigration in Laos :P
Day 2 - Crossing the border
One of the many things our tour lady said was that there is a lot of people queuing at the Thai border and that the boat leaves at 10 do it was risky if we wanted to check out ourselves. BS. Boat leaves between 11:30-12:00
The meals we had in the tour package are small so it's recommended to hunt for some street BBQs.
Once in Laos there were great street stalls to stock up on sandwiches etc so don't do it in Chiang Kong. The guide in Laos was probably the only person who did not bullshit us despite his hangover, so check it out before crossing to Laos.
We were somewhat unlucky that we got to the boat so late, so we ended up sitting in the engine room
Pros: it's warm so if the sun isn't out, you can lie down and sleep, play cards etc.
Cons: it's loud. Check the video ;)
Night 2 - Pak Beng
To our surprise the rooms were really nice, clean and comfy.
It's a lovely atmosphere and there's a Thai bar further up the main road if you wanna sing karaoke with the Thai girl in the bar or request songs :)
Day 2 - Pak Beng to Luang Prabang
Pros: we got seats in the front so no engine room!!
Cons: it was overcast so we were freezing our asses off. Wrapped my head in a cardigan cause I already got semi sick in Chiang Mai and lost my voice twice within 4 days of being out at night in skimpy clothing :P
Had one of those annoying Asian toilet holes. What a curse for women!
When you arrive in Luang Prabang you literally hit a plethora of guesthouse s so no need to book one in advance.
We stayed at Spicy hostel but it's very low budget and not the best location!
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| Boarding our ferry |
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| Looking happy huh? |
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| 6hrs on this ;) |
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| We came to terms with our situation ;) |
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| Second day we got seats but it was pretty cold for 6hrs. bring warm clothes peeps! |
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