Laos: Luang Prabang to Vientiane
February 7th 2011 (M) After our utterly idyllic time in the north, we once again took a slow boat (elongated water taxi that takes about 16 people) further down the Nam Ou river for about five hours before it met the mighty Mekong, and an hour later we were in Luang Prabang, which sits on a peninsula between the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers. The boat trip - labelled as one of the most beautiful in the country - cert
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