The Wanderings of busman7

Must say the border crossing into Laos rates right up there with the most disorganized cluster flucks there is but eventually get through it after paying US$. No clue why Canadians have the privilege of paying the highest visa fees US$42.00 when US citizens only pay US$35.00 and get this Cubans along with the Chinese & 1 other country only get hit for 20.00 US$!

The Thailand guest house completely screwed up the reservations for the 1st night in Laos, something that doesn’t leave one with fond memories with a country one wasn’t particularly impressed with anyway, but the Laotians managed to sort it out.

Highly recommend the 2 day slow boat trip to Luang Prabang but to get the best of it don’t sit up front in the comfy seats but on the  back benches & floor with the fun back packers & local people. Speaking of which did run into a group of Thai ladies who were great helping me find a guest house which just goes to show that back packers are the exception  to the rules as Swiss, South African & Brit girls were also helpful in giving me a hand with luggage on the mountain goat stairs (with no railings) leading from shore up the hill to town.

So far so good, Laos is pretty cool! Confirm that!! More my type of country!!!

A day of touring with the ladies from Bangkok that I met on the slow boat yesterday went to the museum & a couple temples in Luang Prabang then out to the waterfall nearby which was kind of neat as it’s a fair-sized fall with a bunch of cascades downstream which you see in reverse walking up the trail. Met a few of the people from the boat there also which was nice.

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