After 28 hours of travelling... we made it!

Me stood by our broken-down bus

Trying to fix the bus

Well the bus journey continued to get worse during the night as we guessed it inevitably would and we broke down about 2 hours short of Luang Prabang and we had to wait for a sawngthaew to take us the final stretch.

First view of Laos

Our bags on top, but no room for us!

Worst of all was our bags got loaded on the first one and there was not enough room, so we had to wait 1 hour till the next, with our bags on their way. Very worrying.

The mekong

Beautiful Laos

In the beer garden

Local kids stole a boat!

Locals jumping in the Mekong

An old bomb made into a plant pot

But after 28 hours of travelling, the rest of the day did brighten up as we found a cool guesthouse with a lovely room for a bank breaking £6.15 a night and Luang Prabang really is a nice place to be!

written by  chrischarly on July 25, 2011 from Louang Namtha, Laos
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Passage through SE Asia
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