Luang Prabang: Laos is rad
Sunday, September 10th, 2006Pai -> Chiang Mai -> Chiang Rai -> Houayxai -> Pakbeng -> Louang Prabang.
This was my route over the past week or so. And now I’m in Laos — pronounced Lao, yo. Silent “s”.
Laos is rad. It’s clearly much poorer than Thailand, but it seems more laidback and friendly. There are still a bunch of travellers all following along the tourist trail, so it doesn’t really feel like I’m off in the hinterland or anything. At all. And Louang Prabang is both a very touristed town and an authentic town, as it is being preserved by the UN as a World Heritage site. Which makes it both comfortable and interesting.
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