Mekong River - Laos - 2007
I had a 4-week Indochina trip in May-June 2007.
(Melbourne – Bangkok – Thailand – Laos - Vietnam - Cambodia -Thailand – Bangkok - Melbourne)
After 6 nights in Thailand on my IntrepidTravel tour we crossed the Mekong River from Chiang Khong in Thailand into Laos.
Looking at Laos across the Mekong River from our Guest House in Chiang Khong.
Leaving Chiang Khong in Siam (Thailand) to cross the Mekong River to Bokeo in Laos.
My first time in Indochina (Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia - the former French colonies in Asia).
The opposite side of the gate
Our longboat (Hea doy san).
A very comfortable 2 day cruise down the Mekong River from Houei Sai to Luang Prabang.
The owner's family lived on the back of the boat.
Our Mekong guide, Chan
Larm, the wife of the owner of the boat, Touy.
Chan, our local guide, wrote Lao descriptions for the photos in my brag book.
Unfortunately Larm was illiterate and could not read them.
She sat near the back of the boat in a quiet manner for the whole cruise.
Ban Hoey Dralang Village
We went ashore to visit this village.
As in the rest of Laos there were lots of young children.
This 20 year old mother of 2 was pounding rice
The stick was used to keep the chooks away
Making tools
There was an albino child in the village
Li, a 15 yo nephew of the owner, was on board our boat.
I do not think that he had ever gone to school. He was illiterate
As you can see the 33m long, 3m wide boat was very comfortable.
We did not sleep on the boat. We stayed overnight at a guesthouse.
I had my laptop with me.
Arriving at Pak Beng where we stayed overnight at a guesthouse.
I had a 4-week Indochina trip in May-June 2007.
(Melbourne – Bangkok – Thailand – Laos - Vietnam - Cambodia -Thailand – Bangkok - Melbourne)
After 6 nights in Thailand on my IntrepidTravel tour we crossed the Mekong River from Chiang Khong in Thailand into Laos.
Looking at Laos across the Mekong River from our Guest House in Chiang Khong.
Leaving Chiang Khong in Siam (Thailand) to cross the Mekong River to Bokeo in Laos.
My first time in Indochina (Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia - the former French colonies in Asia).
The opposite side of the gate
Our longboat (Hea doy san).
A very comfortable 2 day cruise down the Mekong River from Houei Sai to Luang Prabang.
The owner's family lived on the back of the boat.
Our Mekong guide, Chan
Larm, the wife of the owner of the boat, Touy.
Chan, our local guide, wrote Lao descriptions for the photos in my brag book.
Unfortunately Larm was illiterate and could not read them.
She sat near the back of the boat in a quiet manner for the whole cruise.
Ban Hoey Dralang Village
We went ashore to visit this village.
As in the rest of Laos there were lots of young children.
This 20 year old mother of 2 was pounding rice
The stick was used to keep the chooks away
Making tools
There was an albino child in the village
Li, a 15 yo nephew of the owner, was on board our boat.
I do not think that he had ever gone to school. He was illiterate
As you can see the 33m long, 3m wide boat was very comfortable.
We did not sleep on the boat. We stayed overnight at a guesthouse.
I had my laptop with me.
Arriving at Pak Beng where we stayed overnight at a guesthouse.
The Guesthouse where we stayed overnight. The generator was only running between 6.30pm and 10.30pm
Pak Ou Caves
These 2 caves are BuddhistTemples.
After 2 days on the Mekong River we arrived at Luang Prabang.
