Life aboard the slow boat

Another picture of Kent. Had met him by now. This is what you do on the slow boat. Hang out and stare off in the distance. Or drink, or read, or ipod, or go completely mad.

Slow Boating to Luang Prabang

April 30th 2008
"Definately take the slow boat in to Laos, it is so much fun." These were the words I remember my friend Patrick from Finland telling me when I was with him in Krabi Thailand. He said that the slow boat from Houay Xai to Luang Prabang was a highlight of his time. In retrospect I'm not really sure what he was thinking. The boat took two days, 8 hours on the river each day, packed full of backpacker ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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

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