The Laos New Year!
April 28th 2008 On the bus ride to Luang Prabang I met a bunch of people who were getting off the bus in a town about half way there, spending a few nights and then taking a boat down to Luang Prabang. It sounded a lot better than staying on that bus for another four hours so I jumped off with them. We ended up being pleasantly surprised by the scenery in the town, Nong Khiaw, which I had heard nothing about.
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