The speed boat we didnt take

3 Options to get to Luang Prabang, Fly Laos Airline, really bad safety record, dont publish there crash sats, conveiniently. This nice little speed boat, 30 people killed a year on them as they often hit debris, 2 day slow boat, some reports of sinkings, but all in all the safest we thought


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Lao or Laotian  Flag Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... [read more]
Blog: Bye bye Chiang mai, the 2 slow boat to luang prabang
Date: October 13th 2007

Well we've had an eventful week, with no real opportunity to upload the photos so we're putting up another blog now with an array of photos! As usual Pauls on photo duty, being the techie in our little twosome, and i'm blogging!!! Our last night in chaing mai, involved some drinks with our group from the trek!! We all got some grub and graced 2 establishments with our presence! Despite the us ... read more







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