Chiang Rai (Thailand) to Luang Probang (Laos) via Slow Boat

This slow boat was really slow, I mean people were rowing fastest. However no regrets and all. The scenery was incredible but since all my posts have being created via iPhone the pictures are not of the same quality as my camera. 

We started the journey from the Thailand border where we stayed in the nicest guest house which even had a pool and all the rooms were similar to log cabins.

We even bumped into a friend of ours from our course at university by coincidence. 

The next morning we left at 8.30 and within 10 minutes we had arrived at the Laos border. We then had to get our passport stamped and travel to the Mekong river for the Slow Boat. We stocked up on Beer Lao for the 7 hour journey and sat with a group of backpackers from California, Australia (Cairnes) and Holland (Amsterdam). 

A few drinking games and many beers later we arrived in a very small village in Laos, where we had dinner in the most bug infested restaurant I have ever seen. We also had to get money out and it was like an episode of 'I'm a Celeb...', I couldn't bring myself to do it, so poor Nathan did and there were literally hundreds and I mean hundreds of bugs attacking him. 

The view of the Mekong River from our hotel in the small Laos village.

Day 2 of the slow boat was much the same, but a lot less of the drinking and a lot more sleeping. However we did allow for time for a few games of Rummy.

The scenery was incredible, with green forests and low clouds and there were plenty of opportunities for pictures. 

We finally arrived in Luang Probang at 5pm on the second day of the Slow Boat. For those of you that are travelling or thinking of travelling, I would recommend the Slow Boat if not for the beautiful landscapes, a way to meet people from all different places around the world. 

Night xxx