The story of the Korean and the Elephant in Chiang Mai
May 31st 2007 The boat trip between Luang Prabang and Huay Xai in Laos wasn't as bad as 2 whole days on a hard seat could have been. With the aid of an ipod and some books the time passed relatively quickly. At no stage were my German travelling companions and I tempted to abort our trip and pay for one of the brightly couloured, plywood death traps that sped up river a lot quicker (accident permitting)! Ch
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