Laos: The Slow Boat
Friday, June 30th, 2006A sleepless overnight minibus ride later, we’re in Chiang Khong, on the Thai side of the Mekong River. The dinner or free breakfast doesn’t materialise, and neither do any of the other ‘included things’ we are promised. We cross the river into Laos by longboat at around 8am, and hang around for what seems like ever until we are finally taken to the pier. Not containing the promised facilites (as by now we’d expected) we cram onto the last few wooden benches near the front. There’s about 50 people on the semi-open narrow slow boat, and we leave around 11.30. [read on]
Nick