LAOS CUSTOMS HUAY XAI.
LOOKING BACK TO THAILAND SIDE.YOU CAN GET YOUR PASSPORT STAMPED LEAVING THEN GO BACK AND GET ANOTHER 15 DAYS TO STAY IN THAILAND!!
LOW SEASON ONE BOAT A DAY HEAD SOUTH.EACH CARRY AROUND 70.BUSY SEASON MUST BE CRAZY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF BOATS BERTHED.
FIRST NIGHT HUAY XAI LAOS.ADVANTAGE OF LOW SEASON HAD THE GUESTHOUSE ATTACHED TO RETAURANT TO OURSELVES FOR $6nz A NIGHT. BASIC COMFORTABLE FAN,SHARED BATH.MOST UPTO $10-12 WITH OWN BATH,TV WI-FI.THE ALL YOU COULD COOK AND EAT BARBECUE WAS VERY POPULAR .SOON AFTER THE PHOTOS THE LOCALS CAME ROLLING IN-GREAT NIGHT.
MONK FROM A WAT WITH A WONDERFUL VIEW OF THE RIVER.THEY ARE USUALLY FAIRLY COY ABOUT PHOTOS-HE INSISTED!!
THERE IS A HUGE WATER HEIGHT BETWEEN DRY AND RAINY SEASON.THE EXPOSED SAND BANKS ARE WORKED FOR GOLD DURING DRY SEASON.
TYPICAL HMONG VILLAGE ALONG THE RIVER
TYPE OF SLOWBOAT THAT PLY THE MEKONG
ARRIVING OFF THE SLOWBOAT.
BARBECUED FOOD ORDER OF THE DAY.OUR FAVOURITE WAS TO SHARE A LARGE BARBECUED WHOLE FISH STUFFED WITH LEMONGRASS AND A PLATE OF VEGETABLES INCLUDING POTATO FOR KEV -PRICE MEAL $6 nz!!
WAT ACROSS THE NAM KHAN RIVER.LUANG PRABANG SITS ON THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE MEKONG.
BUDDHA UP ON PHU SII
MANY OF THE OLD FRENCH COLONIAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN RESTORED AS GUESTHOUSES,BARS,RESTAURANTS
THIS WAT IN THE GROUNDS OF THE OLD PALACE HOLDS A BUDDHA IMAGE THAT WAS FOUGHT OVER BY THE BURMESE AND THAIS OVER THE CENTURIES AND IS WHAT LUANG PRABANG IS NAMED
LAOS CUSTOMS HUAY XAI.
LOOKING BACK TO THAILAND SIDE.YOU CAN GET YOUR PASSPORT STAMPED LEAVING THEN GO BACK AND GET ANOTHER 15 DAYS TO STAY IN THAILAND!!
LOW SEASON ONE BOAT A DAY HEAD SOUTH.EACH CARRY AROUND 70.BUSY SEASON MUST BE CRAZY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF BOATS BERTHED.
FIRST NIGHT HUAY XAI LAOS.ADVANTAGE OF LOW SEASON HAD THE GUESTHOUSE ATTACHED TO RETAURANT TO OURSELVES FOR $6nz A NIGHT. BASIC COMFORTABLE FAN,SHARED BATH.MOST UPTO $10-12 WITH OWN BATH,TV WI-FI.THE ALL YOU COULD COOK AND EAT BARBECUE WAS VERY POPULAR .SOON AFTER THE PHOTOS THE LOCALS CAME ROLLING IN-GREAT NIGHT.
MONK FROM A WAT WITH A WONDERFUL VIEW OF THE RIVER.THEY ARE USUALLY FAIRLY COY ABOUT PHOTOS-HE INSISTED!!
THERE IS A HUGE WATER HEIGHT BETWEEN DRY AND RAINY SEASON.THE EXPOSED SAND BANKS ARE WORKED FOR GOLD DURING DRY SEASON.
TYPICAL HMONG VILLAGE ALONG THE RIVER
TYPE OF SLOWBOAT THAT PLY THE MEKONG
ARRIVING OFF THE SLOWBOAT.
BARBECUED FOOD ORDER OF THE DAY.OUR FAVOURITE WAS TO SHARE A LARGE BARBECUED WHOLE FISH STUFFED WITH LEMONGRASS AND A PLATE OF VEGETABLES INCLUDING POTATO FOR KEV -PRICE MEAL $6 nz!!
WAT ACROSS THE NAM KHAN RIVER.LUANG PRABANG SITS ON THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE MEKONG.
BUDDHA UP ON PHU SII
MANY OF THE OLD FRENCH COLONIAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN RESTORED AS GUESTHOUSES,BARS,RESTAURANTS
THIS WAT IN THE GROUNDS OF THE OLD PALACE HOLDS A BUDDHA IMAGE THAT WAS FOUGHT OVER BY THE BURMESE AND THAIS OVER THE CENTURIES AND IS WHAT LUANG PRABANG IS NAMED
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