Monday, February 9th, 2009 Remember that "Tourist Information" lady that turned out to actually be a travel agent? Well, we had booked an 11 day package with her that included train tickets, transfers, hotel in Chiang Mai, the jungle trek, minibus to Chiang Khong + hotel and a two day trip on a slow boat down the Mekong River in Laos to Luang Prabang. It was so cheap! From Luang Prabang we're on our own again and that suits us just fine! We left Chiang Mai on a minibus in the morning for Chiang Khong on the north-east border of Laos (a country to the east of Thailand and is pronounced "Lao"). Tony and Siubhan (the Irish couple) was on the same bus so we had some friendly faces along for the ride. It was a
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