Now we are leaving Thailand and entering the country of Laos. On this occasion, the bus didn’t drive over the border, there was a reason but I forget. We had to get out and walk with our suitcases to the border, about a 10 minute walk I think. We got there and filled out some paperwork to go with our visas and then we walked over the border into Laos. I just want to note that G Adventures is our favourite tour company but if you want a luxury trip where you don’t carry your luggage, you sometimes sleep in villagers houses or have very rustic hotel rooms or other things of that nature, don’t book with them! We love them BECAUSE of all these things.
So now we are headed to our boat and we are going to travel the Mekong River for two days. Our boat is very long and narrow with washrooms in the back and then tables and chairs inside and then you can go out on the front of the boat and there are other chairs and two lounge chairs. The first day we did about a 160 km down the river and it took about 8 hours. They cooked food for us and we had beer and other beverages and there was always something to see.
As a side note, I am having issues with WordPress and for some reason cannot put captions under my photos any more. According to them, it’s my responsibility to figure this out so let’s just say I am not happy with WordPress right now.
So below are photos of the river and the boat we were on for 2 days. Also a photo of me with a beer, big surprise! and one of Clint, also with a beer and they were huge bottles!
We stopped for the nightat the Mekong Riverside Lodge in Pakbeng Town. We had to get out of the boat and climb up a hill to get to a very steep set of stairs to get to the top.
When we got to the top, we looked back to the river and saw all the boats tied up, one of them is our boat.
We had a lovely room with a balcony and a wonderful view of the river. We sat outside for a while that evening and the next morning as well.
Photos are – our room, our balcony and the river
After we got unpacked, we all walked into town about a 5 minute walk.
We went to a market where they sold a multitude of items, including live toads and pigs’ ears. I may skip dinner lol
First photo is Pigs ears, then live toads in plastic bags and then some other vendors.
We had a nice dinner in a cute little restaurant guarded by a street cat. I could not believe how many photos I took of street cats and dogs on this trip, well actually I can believe it because I love animals.
Tomorrow morning, it’s back on the boat !
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